Definition of unorthodoxy Unorthodoxy

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We found 5 definitions of unorthodoxy from 3 different sources.

What does unorthodoxy mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: unorthodoxies
unorthodoxy - any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
		heterodoxy, heresy
		orthodoxy the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
		orientation the act of orienting
		iconoclasm the orientation of an iconoclast
unorthodoxy - the quality of being unorthodox
		heterodoxy
		orthodoxy the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
		originality the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)
		unconventionality unorthodoxy by virtue of being unconventional
unorthodoxy - a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
		heresy
		cognitive content, mental object, content the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
		arianism heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son
		marcionism the Christian heresy of the 2nd and 3rd centuries that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a human
		monophysitism 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 nature
		monothelitism 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 Constantinople
		nestorianism 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
		docetism 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 real
		gnosticism a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches
		tritheism (Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods
		albigensianism, 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 Inquisition