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unorthodoxy: the quality of being unorthodox; any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

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antinomy collapse: a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable

errancy collapse: fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err; (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility; "he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church"

versatility collapse: having a wide variety of skills

revisionism collapse: a moderate evolutionary form of Marxism; any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx

dissimilarity collapse: the quality of being dissimilar

oxymoron collapse: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

paradox collapse: (logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"

asymmetry collapse: (mathematics) a lack of symmetry

misinterpretation collapse: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

far cry collapse: a disappointing disparity; "it was a far cry from what he had expected"; distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry; "it's a far cry from here"

self-contradiction collapse: contradicting yourself

mutability collapse: the quality of being capable of mutation

schism collapse: division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"; the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences

variability collapse: the quality of being subject to variation

dissidence collapse: disagreement; especially disagreement with the government

untruth collapse

dissonance collapse: disagreeable sounds

misjudgment collapse

originality collapse: the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else); the ability to think and act independently

discrepancy collapse: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"; an event that departs from expectations

pluralism collapse: the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time; the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements; a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated

ambivalence collapse: mixed feelings or emotions

disproportion collapse: lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something

ambiguity collapse: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning; an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

separateness collapse: political independence; "seeking complete political separateness for Taiwan"

heresy collapse: a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

misconstruction collapse: an ungrammatical constituent

variance collapse: an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation); "a zoning variance"; the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value

incompatibility collapse: the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination; the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time; (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)

unevenness collapse: the quality of being unbalanced; the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity

variegation collapse: variability in coloration

diversification collapse: the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered); "my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments"; "he limited his losses by diversification of his product line"; the condition of being varied; "that restaurant's menu lacks diversification; every day it is the same"

incongruity collapse: the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

sin collapse: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will; violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"; estrangement from god; the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet; (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna; commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law; commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview"

disparity collapse: inequality or difference in some respect

inequality collapse: lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and poor"

inconstancy collapse: the quality of being changeable and variable

misapplication collapse: wrong use or application

differentiation collapse: the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function; a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"

illusion collapse: something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"; an erroneous mental representation

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