heterodoxy
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Seehorn’s Kim is a Type A striver with a rebellious streak; she wants to do work more meaningful than representing a regional bank and finds something alluring in Jimmy’s reckless heterodoxy.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2022
“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
As unexpected as it might seem, Bundy’s heterodoxy didn’t come out of nowhere.
From Slate • Dec. 10, 2018
"I'm hearing, 'if you don't believe her claim, you are re-victimising her'. Since scepticism of a claim is heterodoxy, people will accept a claim either blindly or just to avoid being ostracised."
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2018
Johnson's dislike of Gibbon does not seem to have been based upon his heterodoxy, but his ugliness.
From Res Judicat? Papers and Essays by Birrell, Augustine
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.