Definition of "heterodox" []

• Not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine or dogma. (adjective)
• Holding unorthodox opinions. (adjective)

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• "That minority -- which he calls a heterodox offshoot of Shiite Islam -- prevails in the government and military."
• "The analytical tension between the characterization of frontier regions as either serially opened and closed or as orthodox and heterodox is particularly acute around questions of periodization."
• "Broadening the description of outlaw to the more inclusive term heterodox creates a more capacious intellectual category."