heterodox
adjective
[ ˈhɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)dɒks ]
• not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs.
• "heterodox views"
Similar:
unorthodox,
heretical,
dissenting,
dissident,
blasphemous,
nonconformist,
apostate,
freethinking,
iconoclastic,
schismatic,
rebellious,
renegade,
separatist,
sectarian,
revisionist,
sceptical,
agnostic,
atheistical,
non-theistic,
non-believing,
unbelieving,
idolatrous,
pagan,
heathen,
impious,
paynim,
recreant,
recusant,
nullifidian,
Origin:
early 17th century (originally as a noun denoting an unorthodox opinion): via late Latin from Greek heterodoxos, from heteros ‘other’ + doxa ‘opinion’.
