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Meanings of heterodox in English

Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards.

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Examples for "dissident"
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Police believe the attack may have been carried out by dissident republicans.
The Irish Times
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And none of the dissident groups appear happy about the idea either.
The Guardian
3
There were dissident cells in the city, young people who met secretly.
The draining lake
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Even serial dissident Carbone apparently took his reduced role in good grace.
The Guardian
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Gardaí also know dissident republicans use cigarette smuggling to fund their activities.
The Irish Times
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So Swayvill outlawed the Amber cult as heretical, for obvious political reasons.
The Great Book of Amber
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She is wild in sentences, heretical in paragraphs, thoroughly orthodox in essays.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 / A Maga...
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The soul of one in debt is insipid, dry, and heretical altogether.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3
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Dissent or questioning is seen, in some quarters at least, as heretical.
Independent.ie
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Nor were Anjou and others insensible to the charms of heretical property.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
Usage of heterodox in English
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My friends saw no light; they only smelt burning: I was heterodox.
Adela Cathcart, Volume 1
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You know, gentlemen, yours is an extremely heterodox way of doing business.
Men of Affairs
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Still,' a marginal note adds, 'Mallet and Houghton were pretty heterodox too.'
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1
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Emma begged her to remember her heterodox views of the education for girls.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 5
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We see the consequence, even among the most heterodox Frenchmen.
Women and the Alphabet: A Series of Essays
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As was said at the outset, orthodox criticisms upon heterodox books are always welcome.
The Unseen World, and Other Essays
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Even my dear uncle is thought to be a little heterodox on such subjects.
Home as Found / Sequel to "Homeward Bound"
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His lectures were deemed still more heterodox than that sermon.
Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897
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Should he be of the orthodox or the heterodox type?
Unitarianism
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Well, yes-rather a heterodox one, but he's getting believed now.
Captivity
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Beyond his heterodox use of the twelve tones, what about his music could interest me?
Begin again: a biography of john cage
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At the time, theirs was still a heterodox goal.
Wired
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Naughton is familiar with the tactic of digging out heterodox opinions to justify bad policies.
The Guardian
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Where I am heterodox is in thinking the time has come to work them out.
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
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I think nothing so heterodox as a long grace, while soup and fish grow cold.
The Actress in High Life / An Episode in Winter Quarters
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As the years rolled on he became more "heterodox" than ever.
A History of the Moravian Church
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