dissident, heretical, heterodox
(adjective) characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
Source: WordNet® 3.1
heterodox (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from orthodoxy, or the norm, but not sufficiently different to be called heretical.
• orthodox
Source: Wiktionary
Het"er*o*dox, a. Etym: [Gr. hétérodoxe.]
1. Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects. Raw and indigested, heterodox, preaching. Strype.
2. Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical;
– said of persons. Macaulay.
– Het"er*o*dox`ly, adv.
– Het"er*o*dox`ness, n.
Het"er*o*dox, n.
Definition: An opinion opposed to some accepted standard. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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