unorthodox beliefs
Views outside mainstream
Unorthodox beliefs are opinions or convictions that depart from accepted or established doctrine—religious, political, scientific, or social.
The phrase implies deviation from mainstream thought without necessarily being wrong or harmful: Her unorthodox beliefs about education led her to homeschool her children.
Unlike heresy, which suggests condemned error, unorthodox beliefs simply fall outside conventional boundaries.
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- gnosticismPrivileging inner revelation
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- alchemyMystical metal transformation
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
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Adherence to accepted beliefs
dogma · doctrine · received wisdom · creed · articles of faith
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Culturally transmitted convictions
conventional wisdom · conservative views · ancestral wisdom · traditionalism
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