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heterodox

[het-er-uh-doks] / ˈhɛt ər əˌdɒks /
ADJECTIVE
heretical
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Castelli, who launched the careers of Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and others, found a similarly heterodox artistic vision in Lichtenstein’s work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

The ex-television host said that former Fox News stars like Carlson and Kelly were run out of their positions not because of their heterodox views, but because they couldn’t hack it in the entertainment business.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 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

Or perhaps to an older ear their discordant and heterodox tongue hinted that Roman infallibility had here fallen into argument and that various and contrary doctrine was laboring in warm dispute.

From Hints to Pilgrims by Charles Stephen Brooks


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