Heterodox

By Deane Barker • • tags: definition •
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Definition: not in agreement with established opinion or belief

I read in some places that “dox” is a suffix meaning “opinion,” which clearly explains the “hetero” prefix.

The opposite is not “homodox” (that’s not a word), but rather “orthodox.” The prefix “ortho” means “true, correct, proper.”

Why I Looked It Up

From Wanting:

I had heterodox views about the Zappos culture, out of step with the media’s portrayal […]

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A couple days after write this, I found this in a subtitle of an article called The Resurgence Of Tesla Syndrome:

Why has disruption been elevated as a virtue to the point where it’s become orthodox to be heterodox? It’s a symptom of the erosion of trust in institutions.

The article was about how “celebrity CEOs” feel the need to be radically different as an exercise in personal branding.

But why do we see disruption as a virtue? Why has the idea that the best innovators are disruptive gained such traction over the past decade or so, to the extent that it is now, paradoxically, orthodox to be heterodox? It’s a symptom of the erosion of trust in institutions.

Links to this – Seventh Day Adventists April 18, 2024
This is a Protestant denomination with some heterodox beliefs when compared to more denominations. It has been around only since the 1800s, and was co-founded by Ellen White, who wrote extensively about her visions and prophecies she claimed to have received from God. This emphasis on a founding,...
Links from this – Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life July 31, 2022
This book explains “The Romantic Lie,” which is a theory proposed by Rene Girard. It says that we’re fooling ourselves when we think we want something just because we do – we actually only want things because we’ve been programmed by other’s to want them. This is what’s known as “mimetic desire,”...