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Heterodoxy vs Superstition - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between heterodoxy and superstition

is that heterodoxy is the quality of being heterodox while superstition is superstition.

heterodoxy

English

Noun

(heterodoxies)
  • The quality of being heterodox.
  • A heterodox belief, creed, or teaching.
  • * 1902 , William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience , Folio Society 2008, p. 288:
    • A genuine first-hand religious experience like this is bound to be a heterodoxy to its witnesses, the prophet appearing as a mere lonely madman.

    Antonyms

    * orthodoxy

    superstition

    English

    (wikipedia superstition)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A belief, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that future events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way.

    • Related terms

    * superstitious