heterodoxy

From Ancient Greek ἑτεροδοξία (heterodoxía).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛtɛɹədɒksi/

heterodoxy (countable and uncountable, plural heterodoxies)

1. The quality of being heterodox.
2. A heterodox belief, creed, or teaching.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 288:

     A genuine first-hand religious experience like this is bound to be a heterodoxy to its witnesses, the prophet appearing as a mere lonely madman.

• orthodoxy