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Antonyms for unorthodoxy


Grammar : Noun
Spell : awr-thuh-dok-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr θəˌdɒk si



Definition of unorthodoxy

Origin :
  • 1704, from unorthodox + -y (1).
  • As in nonconformity : noun belief, behavior different from most
  • As in originality : noun creativeness
  • As in irregularity : noun something that is irregular
  • As in dissent : noun disagreement, disapproval
  • As in dissidence : noun difference of opinion
  • As in anomaly : noun deviation from normal, usual
Example sentences :
  • He was, however, banished for unorthodoxy and died at Lampsacus aged 72.
  • Extract from : « The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura » by Lucius Apuleius
  • But unorthodoxy in the realm of politics is still frowned upon.
  • Extract from : « The Coming of Coal » by Robert W. Bruere
  • The association of the name of Copernicus with that of Galileo has always cast an air of unorthodoxy about the great astronomer.
  • Extract from : « Catholic Churchmen in Science » by James J. Walsh
  • Because, if both orthodoxy and unorthodoxy go wrong, what is a poor human woman to do?
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Maxon Protests » by Anthony Hope
  • From this it would seem that heresy and unorthodoxy had already made its appearance in the diocese.
  • Extract from : « Irish Witchcraft and Demonology » by St. John D. (St. John Drelincourt) Seymour
  • The Freethinker, treated as a moral leper, is driven from his home and goes abroad to expiate his sin of unorthodoxy.
  • Extract from : « Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 » by Various
  • They have been admired because they concealed their essential conventionality under a slight perfume of unorthodoxy.
  • Extract from : « At Large » by Arthur Christopher Benson
  • To cap all this unorthodoxy, the Wends make the Creator call after Judas that he is forgiven.
  • Extract from : « Odd Bits of History » by Henry W. Wolff
  • His behaviour during these same negotiations with Rome witnesses equally strongly to his political wiliness and his unorthodoxy.
  • Extract from : « Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. III (of 6) The Reaction in France » by Georg Brandes
  • It was shown to a reverend Father Remigio of Florence, therefore was probably orthodox, or its unorthodoxy was veiled.
  • Extract from : « Giordano Bruno » by James Lewis McIntyre

Synonyms for unorthodoxy

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