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heterodox

[het-er-uh-doks] / ˈhɛt ər əˌdɒks /
ADJECTIVE
heretical
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He encountered its flagship quarterly, City Journal, in high school, and it was “rigorous, urbane, and unafraid of heterodox conclusions,” unlike anything else he was reading.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

Their diversity of approaches, under the umbrella term of "heterodox economics," has been seen as a weakness, because their work can't come together into a coherent whole to challenge orthodox economics.

From Salon Feb. 1, 2025

A play like Harrower’s “Blackbird,” too morally disquieting to be produced by the city’s risk-averse big-budget theaters, appealed to Flynn’s heterodox side.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 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

His school split into an orthodox wing following the master's ecclesiastical tendencies, and a heterodox wing which deified the human spirit.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.




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