unorthodoxy
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- noun
- /ˌʌnˈɔrθəˌdɑksi/
:
no conformidad
- Throughout history, individuals who exhibited unorthodoxy in their beliefs often sparked significant changes in society.
Examples
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Another year, two years, and they would be watching her night and day for symptoms of unorthodoxy.
Fiction book (1998) -
It fairly revels in unorthodoxy.
Academic text (1994) -
Today she seems to have more and more to tell us about orthodoxy and unorthodoxy, dictatorial authority and virtuous authority.
Academic text (2006) -
Perhaps because they know that Rome has the ability to strip them of their office (although it never does and probably never would), and perhaps because they realize that they can do more damage by quietly encouraging unorthodoxy among their clergy, they are cautious.
Blog text (30) -
The festival started strong, if not Korean, with the opening presentation, Cold War (Hong Kong), a slick procedural that doubles as a subversive exercise in unorthodoxy.
Blog text (9) -
The teacher encouraged students to embrace their unorthodoxy in thinking, urging them to challenge traditional ideas.
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Many artists and writers have faced criticism for their unorthodoxy in expressing new ideas that diverged from societal norms.
Synonyms
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A belief that goes against accepted teaching, often in religion
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Not following accepted social and religious rules
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Doing things in a new or unusual way
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Beliefs or ideas that differ from what most people accept, often in religion
A way of behaving that does not follow accepted customs or usual standards
Not following usual customs or rules
Not following a law, rule, or custom
Being different from the usual type or pattern
Antonyms
How Unorthodox
- Formal
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unorthodoxy starts with un- ('not') and the familiar orthodox ('right belief' or 'usual way'). So unorthodoxy means the state of not following accepted or traditional beliefs or practices, which is why we use it for ideas or actions that go against the usual way.