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heterodoxy

[het-er-uh-dok-see] / ˈhɛt ər əˌdɒk si /




NOUN
materialism
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“What I’m saying is really heterodoxy in San Francisco,” says Gandhi, who has authored multiple papers on just how important masks are.

From Slate Apr. 17, 2021

“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 a sentence about America, it has it all: heterodoxy, entrepreneurialism, cultural appropriation, sexual repression, and a town that could have been named by the Protestant work ethic made sentient.

From The New Yorker Apr. 24, 2019

"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

Originally a Church of England clergyman, his first notable inclination to heterodoxy manifested itself in hesitation as to the doctrine of the atonement.

From Heresy: Its Utility And Morality A Plea And A Justification by Charles Bradlaugh

But there are all sorts of complexities and heterodoxies that are suffocated by uncomplicated embrace.

From New York Times May 16, 2022

To some degree, “populism” is another word for heterodoxies that seem doomed to fail.

From Economist Jul. 20, 2017

I stayed because I was incredibly curious and thought at least I could work on my novel, a Western set in “the American subconscious,” a Jungian wonderland of heterodoxies.

From Salon May 31, 2015

Who will be courageous enough to confront the public with such brave heterodoxies as “Not all cultures are equally conducive to human flourishing”? The Intellectual Dark Web, that’s who.

From Slate

Till the end of the twelfth century the Church worked hard to suppress heterodoxies.

From A History of Freedom of Thought by J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury




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