heterodoxy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
    unorthodoxy; heresy.
  2. noun the quality of being unorthodox
    unorthodoxy.

WordNet

Het"er*o*dox`y noun
Etymology
Gr. : cf. F. hétérodoxie.
Definitions
  1. An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed or standards of a church, etc.; heresy. Bp. Bull.

Webster 1913