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as in dissident
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices
a Christian clergyman with a very heterodox opinion on the divinity of Jesus
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as in unconventional
not rigidly following established form, custom, or rules
her heterodox approach to teaching science initially met with some resistance from her peers
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Recent Examples of heterodox
The restaurant’s choices, it should be noted, are heterodox.
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Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2025
Kevin Carter/Getty Images The American Founding is complex; the Founders themselves were intellectually heterodox.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
As the causes of and most effective treatments for AIDS came into view, Fauci and many prominent activists closed ranks against heterodox theories.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
The original Brat offered a heterodox synth album and venting session dressed in pop-diva garments for normies caught in its flytrap, and Completely different reworks its source material, unraveling threads interwoven in Charli’s patchwork sound.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2025
Kevin Carter/Getty Images The American Founding is complex; the Founders themselves were intellectually heterodox.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
As the causes of and most effective treatments for AIDS came into view, Fauci and many prominent activists closed ranks against heterodox theories.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
The original Brat offered a heterodox synth album and venting session dressed in pop-diva garments for normies caught in its flytrap, and Completely different reworks its source material, unraveling threads interwoven in Charli’s patchwork sound.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heterodox
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The recipient was the dissident theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who had been imprisoned several months earlier, on account of his opposition to the Nazi regime.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Among them were 17 members of the Iranian dissident organization Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK).—
Beth Bailey,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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According to Rusch, the family has always done things in an unconventional way because of her and Thiemo’s careers.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
3 Nov. 2025
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Her songs—influenced by rock, punk, and reggae—are striking and confident and cathartic, but unconventional in ways that challenge the casual listener.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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The lacunae in the record lead Greenblatt to sprinkle breadcrumbs of heretical thought through his tale.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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La Santa Muerte also faces significant opposition from the Catholic Church, which condemns her veneration as heretical and morally dangerous.—
Myriam Lamrani,
The Conversation,
31 Oct. 2025
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During the 2020 cycle, disinformation targeting Black voters has been spreading through informal channels on social media, according to a report by NBC News.—
David Smiley,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The informal meeting represents the first layer in the appeals process the district is entitled to avail itself of, Lecholop said.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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Board member Renee Paschall cast the lone dissenting vote on the final package.—
Elizabeth Sander,
San Antonio Express-News,
19 Aug. 2022
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The document runs to more than a hundred and fifty pages, and for each question there are affirmative and dissenting studies, as well as some that indicate mixed results.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
3 June 2022
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“Heterodox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heterodox. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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