heterodoxy
departure 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
- heterodox: departing from accepted belief or doctrine
- orthodox: conforming to accepted or traditional belief
- orthodoxy: accepted or traditional belief system
Heterodoxy is other-opinion as a position or tradition.
What began as heterodoxy became standard practice a decade later.