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orthodoxy Definition

or·tho·doxy (ôrt̸hə däk′sē)

noun pl. -·dox′·ies

  1. the quality or fact of being orthodox
  2. an orthodox belief, doctrine, custom, etc.

Etymology: Gr orthodoxia

orthodoxy Synonyms

orthodoxy

n.

orthodoxy Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • religion: Searching for the Spiritual Self By Nevill Drury Does the New Age movement present a serious challenge to the orthodoxies of mainstream Western religion?
  • church: In these times the orthodoxy of the church was in its " greatest days.
  • technique: Some of the monks doubted the orthodoxy of this prayer technique... -- Roger Zelazny, " Lord of Light "

Possessives

today: Davis came from the " high protein " generation which preceded today's high carbohydrate orthodoxy.

Converse of object

  • prevail: We need to break the prevailing orthodoxy that the only future for those who don't own their own homes is social housing.
  • challenge: However, Jane plans shortly to challenge work orthodoxy even more.
  • emerge: The time they will be able to commit will be limited, their ideas may grate with the emerging orthodoxy of the organization.
  • define: Dialog and debate between competing perspectives should be encouraged and attempts to define a disciplinary orthodoxy avoided.
  • establish: The Case law of the ECJ Post Suzen Suzen now represents the established orthodoxy of the ECJ.
  • accept: Is ' identity ' merely about discovering and accepting conventional orthodoxy?

Adjective modifier

  • prevailing: There is however a prevailing economic orthodoxy which purports to draw the safety limits of safe government borrowing.
  • doctrinal: That however is another matter from policing doctrinal orthodoxy.
  • neo-liberal: This article is about how and why the left was able to take on the neo-liberal orthodoxy and win.
  • accepted: The historical narrative which unfolds within this book presents a challenge to that accepted orthodoxy.
  • Marxist: The real issue was Lenin's control of the faction and the enforcement of his brand of Marxist orthodoxy.
  • Protestant: Raleigh takes care to explain and confirm both his loyalty to the Crown and his Protestant orthodoxy.

Noun used with modifier

  • rock: That is what happened beyond punk, the revolt against a new rock orthodoxy.
  • market: Keynes was a critic of the free market orthodoxy.
  • ruling: Nor can Truth ever be defined by a ruling orthodoxy.
  • century: Mostly we're looking at work written according to a kind of mid-20th century free-verse orthodoxy.