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heterodox

[het-er-uh-doks] / ˈhɛt ər əˌdɒks /
ADJECTIVE
heretical
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Maybe there is hope after all for the rising generation of boys and men if even a heterodox public intellectual like Scott Galloway is willing to offer such traditional medicine for our contemporary male maladies.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

Weiss took on the role after Paramount acquired her heterodox digital news platform the Free Press.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2025

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

"Whatever thou art, orthodox or heterodox, send for the Life of Robert Hall."

From Fletcher of Madeley by Frederic W. Macdonald




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