" nonorthodox "

1: deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices;

  * e.g., " ... one of the few colonies to tolerate nonorthodox religious beliefs "

•  Synonyms : 

•  dissentient,

•  dissenting,

•  dissident,

•  heretical,

•  heterodox,

•  iconoclastic,

•  maverick,

•  nonconformist,

•  out-there,

•  unconventional,

•  unorthodox

•  Antonyms : 

•  conforming,

•  conformist,

•  conventional,

•  orthodox

2: not bound by traditional ways or beliefs;

  * e.g., " ... a nonorthodox approach to teaching music "

•  Synonyms : 

•  broad-minded,

•  liberal,

•  nonconventional,

•  nontraditional,

•  open-minded,

•  progressive,

•  radical,

•  unconventional,

•  unorthodox

•  Antonyms : 

•  conservative,

•  conventional,

•  hidebound,

•  nonprogressive,

•  old-fashioned,

•  orthodox,

•  stodgy,

•  traditional