orthodoxy
pronunciation
How to pronounce orthodoxy in British English:
UK [ˈɔ:θədɒksi]
How to pronounce orthodoxy in American English:
US [ˈɔrθədɑksi]
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- Noun:
- the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
- a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards
Word Origin
- orthodoxy (n.)
- 1620s, from French orthodoxie and directly from Late Latin orthodoxia, from late Greek orthodoxia "right opinion," noun of quality from orthodoxos (see orthodox).
Antonym
Example
- 1. The difference is that this orthodoxy is scientific .
- 2. When they stop questioning orthodoxy , mankind will have given up the search for truth .
- 3. First , british and french clerics demonised russian orthodoxy as a semi-pagan creed .
- 4. Advocates of orthodoxy prize consistency .
- 5. This was the starkest challenge issued to hbs orthodoxy during the event .