HETERODOX Synonyms

• characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

• a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

• markedly different from an accepted norm

• disagreeing, especially with a majority

• the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct

• characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions

• destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited

• not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought

• someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct

• a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England

• not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

• not conforming to or in accord with tradition

• an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)

• (informal) strikingly unconventional

• of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root

• especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem

• (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

• an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule

• a person who has radical ideas or opinions

• (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity

• a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm

• markedly new or introducing radical change

• arising from or going to the root or source

• resisting control or authority

• discontented as toward authority

• participating in organized resistance to a constituted government

• someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct

• (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England

• refusing to submit to authority

• not conforming to accepted rules or standards

• not conventional or conformist

• not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

• breaking with convention or tradition

• independent in behavior or thought