heterodox
adjective/ˈhetərədɒks/
/ˈhetərədɑːks/
(formal)- not following the usual or accepted beliefs and opinions compare orthodox, unorthodoxTopics Opinion and argumentc2Word Originearly 17th cent. (originally as a noun denoting an unorthodox opinion): via late Latin from Greek heterodoxos, from heteros ‘other’ + doxa ‘opinion’.
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