adj
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not conforming to accepted or orthodox beliefs, doctrines, or methods, especially in religion, economics, or scholarship
Her heterodox interpretation challenged assumptions shared by both political parties.
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Borrowed through Late Latin heterodoxus from Greek heterodoxos, 'holding another opinion,' formed from heteros, 'other, different,' and doxa, 'opinion, belief.'