All heterodoxy synonyms

noun heterodoxy

• disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
• belief — Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.
• discord — lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
• objection — a reason or argument offered in disagreement, opposition, refusal, or disapproval.
• disunity — lack of unity or accord.
• resistance — the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
• dissension — strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
• schism — division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties.
• protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
• opposition — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
• strife — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
• blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
• fallacy — a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.
• flak — antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.
• denial — A denial of something is a statement that it is not true, does not exist, or did not happen.
• contention — Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.
• disaccord — to be out of accord; disagree.
• refusal — an act or instance of refusing.
• dissidence — disagreement: political dissidence.
• hassle — a disorderly dispute.
• spat — a pointed rod or bar for thrusting through and holding meat that is to be cooked before or over a fire.
• heresy — opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
• variance — the state, quality, or fact of being variable, divergent, different, or anomalous.
• nonconformity — failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
• difference — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
• conflict — Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement.
• split — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
• bone — Your bones are the hard parts inside your body which together form your skeleton.
• unorthodoxy — orthodox belief or practice.
• clinker — the ash and partially fused residues from a coal-fired furnace or fire
• discordance — a discordant state; disagreement; discord.
• disharmony — lack of harmony; discord.
• dissent — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
• disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
• feud — fee (def 4).
• rupture — the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• infidelity — marital disloyalty; adultery.
• defection — the act or an instance of defecting
• impiety — lack of piety; lack of reverence for God or sacred things; irreverence.
• disbelief — the inability or refusal to believe or to accept something as true.
• divergence — the act, fact, or amount of diverging: a divergence in opinion.
• atheism — Atheism is the belief that there is no God. Compare agnosticism.
• apostasy — If someone is accused of apostasy, they are accused of abandoning their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
• sin — the 12th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
• revisionism — advocacy or approval of revision.
• iconoclasm — the action or spirit of iconoclasts.
• secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
• agnosticism — Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to say definitely whether or not there is a God. Compare atheism.
• sectarianism — sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, especially in religion.