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heterodox

[het-er-uh-doks] / ˈhɛt ər əˌdɒks /
ADJECTIVE
heretical
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In his book’s second half, Mr. Jentleson races through 20th-century Democratic history, attempting to show that in every case, the most successful Democratic politicians followed a heterodox path—from FDR to, of course, Bill Clinton.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

At the dawn of research into what is now known as HIV/AIDS, Duesberg took the heterodox view that HIV was a harmless virus that had nothing to do with AIDS.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

Proponents of Weiss’s promotion will argue that she’s simply championing free speech and heterodox thought.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025

As Catholic Herald’s Ed Condon explains, the Church opposes Freemasonry because of its secular focus and its role as a sanctuary for “those with heterodox ideas and agendas.”

From National Geographic ● Sep. 19, 2023

But there, you will be thinking me a very heterodox, not to say a wicked person.”

From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford




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