noun
1. any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
• Syn: ↑heterodoxy, ↑heresy
• Ant: ↑orthodoxy
• Hypernyms: ↑orientation
• Hyponyms: ↑iconoclasm, ↑nonconformity, ↑nonconformism, ↑nonconformance
2. a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
• Syn: ↑heresy
• Hypernyms: ↑content, ↑cognitive content, ↑mental object
• Hyponyms:
↑Arianism, ↑Marcionism, ↑Monophysitism, ↑Monothelitism, ↑Nestorianism, ↑Pelagianism, ↑Docetism, ↑Gnosticism, ↑tritheism, ↑Albigensianism, ↑Catharism, ↑Zurvanism
3. the quality of being unorthodox
• Syn: ↑heterodoxy
• Ant: ↑orthodoxy
• Hypernyms: ↑originality
• Hyponyms: ↑unconventionality, ↑nonconformity
Useful english dictionary. 2012.