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What does heterodox mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from orthodoxy, or the norm, but not sufficiently different to be called heretical.
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These heterodox opinions have, in some respects, dogged Evangelicalism ever since.
He argues that this ignores the complex interaction between orthodox intellectual culture and heterodox expression.
More than many, he understood the electoral attractions of a heterodox Democratic party.
Others come from more orthodox religious traditions, readily linking parapsychology with its heterodox metaphysical precursors.
Dixwell's views on political economy are probably best described as heterodox.
We must be orthodox in terms of the content of the Constitution, but heterodox in terms of the ultimate solution.

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