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heterodoxy

[het-er-uh-dok-see] / ˈhɛt ər əˌdɒk si /




NOUN
materialism
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About the closest they’ll come to heterodoxy is keeping silent about various unpopular stances associated with the party.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

“This is a worldwide, but certainly American, trend toward heterodoxy — toward individuals cooking up their own spiritual or religious stew and cooking it up their way,” Burklo said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2019

There’s still value placed on heterodoxy here at Slate.

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2019

Kanye has long worked with songwriters — something that, because it’s perceived as heterodoxy, is rarely discussed openly.

From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2018

Here again the agitations of the modern intellect have caused division in families; and as you are lamenting the heterodoxy of your son, so other parents regret the Roman orthodoxy of theirs.

From The Intellectual Life by Philip Gilbert Hamerton

But there are all sorts of complexities and heterodoxies that are suffocated by uncomplicated embrace.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2022

To some degree, “populism” is another word for heterodoxies that seem doomed to fail.

From Economist ● Jul. 20, 2017

I stayed because I was incredibly curious and thought at least I could work on my novel, a Western set in “the American subconscious,” a Jungian wonderland of heterodoxies.

From Salon ● May 31, 2015

Who will be courageous enough to confront the public with such brave heterodoxies as “Not all cultures are equally conducive to human flourishing”? The Intellectual Dark Web, that’s who.

From Slate

His aspect showed no lack of zeal to maintain his heterodoxies, even at the stake.

From From Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne




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