unorthodoxy

un·or·tho·dox

U0099900 (ŭn-ôr′thə-dŏks′)adj. Breaking with convention or tradition; not orthodox.

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un·or′tho·dox′ly adv.un·or′tho·dox′y n.

unorthodoxy

(ʌnˈɔːθəˌdɒksɪ) n1. unorthodox practice2. the quality of being unorthodox

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	unorthodoxy - any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox positionheresy, heterodoxyiconoclasm - the orientation of an iconoclastorientation - an integrated set of attitudes and beliefsnonconformance, nonconformism, nonconformity - a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefsorthodoxy - a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards
	2.	unorthodoxy - a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religionheresycognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learnedArianism - heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the SonMarcionism - the Christian heresy of the 2nd and 3rd centuries that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a humanMonophysitism - a Christian heresy of the 5th and 6th centuries that challenged the orthodox definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and instead believed there was a single divine natureMonothelitism - the theological doctrine that Christ had only one will even though he had two natures (human and divine); condemned as heretical in the Third Council of ConstantinopleNestorianism - the theological doctrine (named after Nestorius) that Christ is both the son of God and the man Jesus (which is opposed to Roman Catholic doctrine that Christ is fully God)Pelagianism - the theological doctrine put forward by Pelagius which denied original sin and affirmed the ability of humans to be righteous; condemned as heresy by the Council of Ephesus in 431Docetism - the heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were apparent rather than realGnosticism - a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churchestritheism - (Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate godsAlbigensianism, Catharism - a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the InquisitionZurvanism - a heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring
	3.	unorthodoxy - the quality of being unorthodox heterodoxyoriginality - the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)unconventionality - unorthodoxy by virtue of being unconventionalnonconformity - unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or valuesorthodoxy - the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)