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Heterodoxy

British pronunciation/hˈɛtɹəʊdˌɒksi/
American pronunciation/ˈhɛtɝəˌdɑksi/
Heterodoxy
[NOUN]
1

the practice of holding and expressing beliefs that differ from established or conventional norms

synonyms : unorthodoxy
antonyms : orthodoxy
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2

a belief, activity, etc. that is in disagreement with common beliefs or standards

synonyms : heresy
unorthodoxy
antonyms : orthodoxy
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Examples
1So there is clinical heterodoxy.
2Jeanne wrote in her piece on the Lawyering Process that there is actual clinical heterodoxy.
3Now, especially being at UCLA, which is all simulation-based for the last 20 years, I understand and appreciate to a certain degree heterodoxy and that there are different ways in which both to teach students and to try to do justice, not through simulation, I should say, but through other models.
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