noun

heterodoxy

HET-er-uh-dahk-see/ˈhetərədɑːksi/

Beliefs or practices that depart from accepted doctrine.

The council condemns any heterodoxy that challenges the church's teachings.

An anonymous early-modern scholar presents a Sun-centered cosmos against an ecclesiastical school's institutionally endorsed Earth-centered cosmos, making a differing belief visible within a doctrinal setting.

Etymology

heteroGreekother; different

+doxGreekopinion

+yGreekstate or condition

The pieces express the state of holding a different opinion. Greek heterodoxia meant an error of opinion; in the selected sense, the difference is specifically from beliefs accepted as authoritative doctrine.

In context

The Rewired Soul36:15

so much for heterodoxy right you know you you need to be on board with it or you'll get excluded pretty quick

Decoding Joe Rogan and Other Gurus with Matt Browne

More examples

Her economic heterodoxy challenges the department's faith in free markets.
The theologian defends his heterodoxies with careful readings of scripture.
The movement tolerates some heterodoxy among its members.

Forms

heterodoxy · heterodoxies

heterodox adjective — Departing from accepted beliefs or doctrine.

Similar words

heresy: Usually implies religious error condemned by an official authority.
unorthodoxy: More broadly includes departures from customary methods or conventions.