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heterodox
[het-er-uh-doks] 
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heterodox
[het-er-uh-doks]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | heretical |
| Synonyms: | dissident, doubtful, iconoclastic, skeptical |
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| Main Entry: | abnormal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different from standard or norm |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, anomalistic, anomalous, atypical, bizarre, curious, deviant, deviate, deviating, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, funny, grody, gross, heteroclite, heterodox, heteromorphic, irregular, odd, off-base, off-color, out of line, peculiar, preternatural, queer, screwy, spastic, strange, uncommon, unexpected, unnatural, unorthodox, unusual, weird |
| Notes: | abnormal means 'not normal, different from normal' while subnormal means 'below normal' |
| Antonyms: | customary, normal, standard, straight, usual |
| Main Entry: | dissident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disagreeing, differing |
| Synonyms: | discordant, dissentient, dissenting, heretical, heterodox, nonconformist, schismatic, sectarian, unorthodox |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, conforming |
| Main Entry: | heretical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unorthodox |
| Synonyms: | agnostic, apostate, atheistic, differing, disagreeing, dissenting, dissentive, dissident, freethinking, heterodox, iconoclastic, idolatrous, impious, infidel, misbelieving, miscreant, nonconformist, revisionist, schismatic, sectarian, skeptical, unbelieving |
| Antonyms: | orthodox |
| Main Entry: | lawless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reckless, ungoverned |
| Synonyms: | anarchic, anarchical, anarchistic, bad, barbarous, chaotic, contumacious, criminal, despotic, disobedient, disordered, disorderly, evil, fierce, heterodox, infringing, insubordinate, insurgent, mutinous, nihilistic, noncompliant, nonconformist, piratical, rebellious, recusant, revolutionary, riotous, savage, seditious, tempestuous, terrorizing, traitorous, turbulent, tyrannous, uncivilized, uncultivated, unorthodox, unpeaceful, unrestrained, unruly, untamed, violent, warlike, wild |
| Antonyms: | governed, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, proper, rightful, valid |
| Main Entry: | nonconformist |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwilling to behave, believe as most do |
| Synonyms: | beatnik, bohemian*, dissident, freak*, heretical, heterodox, hippie*, iconoclastic, maverick, oddball, offbeat, original, rebel, schismatic, sectarian, swinger, unorthodox, weird* |
| Antonyms: | conforming, conformist, obeying, orthodox |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | renegade |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
| Synonyms: | apostate, backsliding, disloyal, dissident, heterodox, mutinous, outlaw, radical, reactionary, rebel, recreant, revolutionary, runaway, schismatic, traitorous, unfaithful, untraditional |
| Antonyms: | obedient, passive, submissive |
| Main Entry: | unorthodox |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abnormal; other than accepted |
| Synonyms: | beatnik, crazy*, different, dissident, eccentric, far-out, flaky*, heretical, heterodox, irregular, kinky*, nonconformist, off the beaten path, schismatic, sectarian, unconventional, uncustomary, unusual, unwonted, way-out, weird* |
| Antonyms: | conventional, normal, orthodox, standard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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