Crossword-Solution: HETERODOX
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Heterodox | a. | Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects. |
| Heterodox | a. | Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical; -- said of persons. |
| Heterodox | n. | An opinion opposed to some accepted standard. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “HETERODOX”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Departing from the mainstream | 1 answer |
| Inclining toward heresy. | 1 answer |
| opinions or doctrines at variance with an official or orthodox position | 1 answer |
| Sectarian. | 10 answers |
| DISPUTER DOGMA | 10 answers |
| Schismatic | 11 answers |
| Heretical | 31 answers |
| Unconventional | 62 answers |
| unorthodox | 62 answers |
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Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with HETERODOX (5)
Already I was considered heterodox if not treasonable, and I was keenly alive to the danger of my position; nevertheless I could not at times refrain from bursting out into suspicious or half-seditious utterances, even among the highest Polygonal or Circular society.
The duchess took a brilliantly heterodox view—thought it the least susceptible organ of its kind that she had ever encountered, related examples of its want of susceptibility, and at last declared that for her the Italians were a people of ice.
Already I was considered heterodox if not treasonable, and I was keenly alive to the danger of my position; nevertheless I could not at times refrain from bursting out into suspicious or half-seditious utterances, even among the highest Polygonal and Circular society.
The unreasoning heterodox when intrusted with irresponsible power can be as short-sighted and cruel as the unreasoning orthodox.
That feeling can be enjoyed in perfection only by the natives of summer islands, where the bread-fruit, the cocoa, the palm, and the orange grow spontaneously and hold forth the ever-ready meal; but likewise almost as well by a man long habituated to city life, who plunges into such a solitude as that of the Old Manse, where he plucks the fruit of trees that he did not plant, and which therefore, to my heterodox taste, bear the closest resemblance to those that grew in Eden.
Quotes with HETERODOX (2)
I also hold a settling of questions by the referendum to be an unsatisfactory procedure, because there are no simple political questions which can be answered merely by Yes and No. The masses are also more prone even than Parliaments to be led away by heterodox opinions, and to be swayed by vigorous ranting. It is impossible to formulate a wise internal or external policy in a popular assembly.
Economics ought to be a magpie discipline, taking in philosophy, history and politics. But heterodox approaches have long since been banished from most faculties, claims Tony Lawson. In the 1970s, when he started teaching at Cambridge, the economics faculty still boasted legends such as Nicky Kaldor and Joan Robinson. "There were big debates, and students would study politics, the history of economic thought." And now? "Nothing. No debates, no politics or history of economic …
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Appears in: New Yorker, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1954–2023).