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heterodox

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Groupings, Religion
het·e·ro·dox /ˈhetərədɒks $ -dɑːks/ adjective formal  PPGRRheterodox beliefs, practices etc are not approved of by a particular group, especially a religious one 异教的,异端的,非正统的
Examples from the Corpus
heterodoxHis family were Alawites, a small, heterodox community.Like the sort of heterodox culture which Mapplethorpe incarnated.The challengers include two congressmen and a heterodox former Republican senator who stirs strong emotions on both sides of the political fence.Struggles aim at power and the imposition of a set of heterodox or orthodox norms and symbols.The difference is that the poststructuralists put themselves forth as heterodox prophets and turn out to be priests of convention.Yet foreign support can not justify persecution of house churches and other heterodox sects.
het·e·ro·dox adjectiveChineseSyllable
approved a heterodox particular are of not etc beliefs, Corpus practices by


heterodox
heterodox /ˈhetərədɒks $ -dɑːks/ adjective formal
heterodox beliefs, practices etc are not approved of by a particular group, especially a religious one


het·ero·doxBrE /ˈhetərədɒks/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhetərədɑːks/ 🔊 adjective (formal) not following the usual or accepted beliefs and opinions 异端的;非正统的   compare orthodox (1) , unorthodox het·ero·doxy BrE /ˈhetərədɒksi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhetərədɑːksi/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] (
plural
het·ero·doxies
)