Căc'e-o-dŏx'y, n.

n. [Gr. κακοδοξία, perverted opinion, from κακός, bad, and δόξα, opinion.] Deviation from established belief or opinion, especially in religious matters; heresy. [Rare.]

Less anxious . . . to favor or deny orthodoxy, heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy, than to establish the simple truth. R. Turnbull.