heterodoxy means the quality of being heterodox. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 79 out of 100.
heterodoxy is pronounced /ˈhɛtɛɹədɒksi/.
Why “heterodoxy” is a great word
HETERODOXY — [Noun] A belief or doctrine that departs from or opposes accepted, orthodox standards. From Ancient Greek ἑτεροδοξία (heterodoxía), from ἕτερος (héteros, "other, different") + δόξα (dóxa, "opinion, belief"). First attested in English in the 1650s. Unlike orthodoxy, the sanctioned creed, or heresy, the condemned revolt, heterodoxy is the intellectual space of principled divergence. It is the quiet dissent in the faculty meeting, the footnote that unravels a century of consensus, and the single candle burning after the sanctioned service has ended—the essential friction that keeps belief from becoming mere inertia.
noun
- The quality of being heterodox.
- A heterodox belief, creed, or teaching.“A genuine first-hand religious experience like this is bound to be a heterodoxy to its witnesses, the prophet appearing as a mere lonely madman.”