heterodoxy
Belief against orthodoxy
Heterodoxy is belief or opinion that departs from established doctrine, especially in religion.
Where orthodoxy represents the accepted view, heterodoxy challenges or diverges from it: His heterodoxy made him unpopular with church authorities.
The term implies deviation without necessarily implying heresy—heterodox views may be tolerated even if not embraced.
Irreverence toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- sectarianismPrejudiced loyalty to subgroups
excommunication · anathema · infidelity · idolatry · profanity · heretic · reformation · dissenting
Rejects prevailing social standards
- dissenterOpponent of orthodoxy
- rebelAuthority defier
- contrarianChronic majority-opposer
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
defiance · objection · protest · opposition · rejection · questioning · skepticism · freethinking
Departure from accepted belief
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- atheismRejection of deities
- deismNon-intervening creator belief
- pantheismReality itself is holy
gnosticism · irreligion · paganism · secularism · rationalism · humanism · syncretism · eclecticism
Departure from accepted standards
- eccentricityUnconventional behavior or nature
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- originalityNovel creative quality
- innovationCreating something original
avant-garde · bohemianism · novelty · idiosyncrasy · peculiarity · singularity · divergence · alternative
blasphemy
Irreverence toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
- schismFormal organizational fracture
sectarianism · excommunication · anathema · infidelity · idolatry · profanity · heretic · reformation · dissenting · nonconformity
nonconformist
Rejects prevailing social standards
- dissenterOpponent of orthodoxy
- rebelAuthority defier
- contrarianChronic majority-opposer
iconoclasm · defiance · objection · protest · opposition · rejection · questioning · skepticism · freethinking · challenge
unorthodoxy
Departure from accepted belief
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- atheismRejection of deities
- deismNon-intervening creator belief
pantheism · gnosticism · irreligion · paganism · secularism · rationalism · humanism · syncretism · eclecticism · revisionism
unconventionality
Departure from accepted standards
- eccentricityUnconventional behavior or nature
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- originalityNovel creative quality
innovation · avant-garde · bohemianism · novelty · idiosyncrasy · peculiarity · singularity · divergence · alternative · experimental
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- Nonconformistsnonconformist, rebels, rebel, misfits, misfit
- Church disputesschism, Great Schism, Arian controversy, Monophysitism, iconoclasm
- heresyheretic, heretical, heretics, apostasy, apostate
- impietyungodliness, unholiness, irreverence, sacrilege, blasphemy
- sectarianismsectarianism, sectarian, sect, schism, schismatic
heterodoxyorthodoxy
Adherence to accepted beliefs
dogma · traditionalism · religious conformity · fundamentalism · conformity
heterodoxyconventionality
Adherence to accepted customs
conformity · conventionalism · received wisdom · groupthink · ideological conformity