unorthodoxy

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noun

Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox

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heterodoxy [inexact?]heterodoxyheresy
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Meanings

noununorthodoxy (plural unorthodoxies)

plural unorthodoxies

  1. Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox

    It was indeed Aubrey's principal hobby, and allowed him to air his unorthodoxies.

    2009 January 13, Geoffrey Goodman, “Aubrey Morris”, in The Guardian
    1 more example

    Where Ms. Rosler’s works exert a fervent but predictable didacticism, Ms. Wilding’s environment conveys an infectious unorthodoxy, a relief from the hierarchical rule of modernist aesthetics over previous decades.

    2008 February 15, Ken Johnson, “Striking When the Spirit Was Hot”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: heterodoxy [inexact?], heterodoxy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounLack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox

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heterodoxy [inexact?]heterodoxy
Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

nounany opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

Opposite

nouna belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

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Broader
contentcognitive contentmental object

nounthe quality of being unorthodox

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Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishorthodoxy
  9. Englishunorthodoxy

From un- + orthodoxy.

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Translations

Finnish epäortodoksisuus
  • epäortodoksisuuslack of orthodoxy
French inorthodoxie
  • inorthodoxielack of orthodoxy
Polish nieortodoksja
  • nieortodoksjalack of orthodoxy
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Chicago

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