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heterodox

[het-er-uh-doks] / ˈhɛt ər əˌdɒks /
ADJECTIVE
heretical
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Philadelphia’s three stars started synthesizing like a fever dream of the Sixers heterodox team president, Daryl Morey.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 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

It's ironic that the people behind the "cancel culture" discourse call themselves heterodox.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024

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

“Mr Trethick, you pain me by your remark, and I feel it my duty to say that your words savour of most heterodox opinions.”

From The Vicar's People by Fenn, George Manville




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