unorthodoxy meaning

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unorthodoxy (noun): any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position.

unorthodoxy has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

unorthodoxy as a noun

  1. any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

    Synonyms: heterodoxy, heresy

    Opposite: orthodoxy

    Type of: orientation

    Kinds: iconoclasm, nonconformity

  2. a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

    Synonyms: heresy

    Type of: content

    Kinds: Arianism, Marcionism, Monophysitism, Monothelitism, Nestorianism, Pelagianism, Docetism, Gnosticism, tritheism, Albigensianism, Zurvanism

  3. the quality of being unorthodox

    Synonyms: heterodoxy

    Opposite: orthodoxy

    Type of: originality

    Kinds: unconventionality, nonconformity

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