heterodoxy

[ het-er-uh-dok-see ]

noun,plural het·er·o·dox·ies.

Origin of heterodoxy

From the Greek word heterodoxía, dating back to 1645–55. See heterodox, -y³

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They will understand that a few heterodoxies are just part of the Christie package.
Christie and Immigration, the Shock Troops and the In Crowd | Michael Tomasky | December 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Till the end of the twelfth century the Church worked hard to suppress heterodoxies.
A History of Freedom of Thought | John Bagnell Bury
Now this was the chiefest of heterodoxies to the faith-healer.
Old Times in Dixie Land | Caroline E. Merrick
Some of the minor Swiss heterodoxies have been of great value in urging the world to think.
Switzerland | Frank Fox
His aspect showed no lack of zeal to maintain his heterodoxies even at the stake.
Twice Told Tales | Nathaniel Hawthorne

Poor man, it had turned out he could not get his Academy Diploma, after all,—owing again to intricacies and heterodoxies.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIV. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlyle

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