adjective
- not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions, especially in theology; unorthodox.
- holding unorthodox doctrines or opinions.
adjective
- at variance with established, orthodox, or accepted doctrines or beliefs
- holding unorthodox opinions
1630s, from Greek heterodoxos, from heteros “the other” (see hetero-) + doxa “opinion,” from dokein “to appear, seem, think” (see decent).