heterodox
departing from accepted belief or doctrine
Roots
Other words with the dox root
- dogma: a fixed doctrine or belief
- dogmatic: asserting opinions as unquestionable truth
- dogmatism: rigid attachment to doctrine or opinion
- dogmatist: person who states opinions as unquestionable truth
- heterodoxy: departure from accepted belief or doctrine
- orthodox: conforming to accepted or traditional belief
- orthodoxy: accepted or traditional belief system
Heterodox is other-opinion: belief that steps away from the accepted line.
Her heterodox argument annoyed the panel, then changed the field.