orthodoxy
noun
orthodox belief or practice.
orthodoxies
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pluralof orthodoxy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She should read labels, mistrust mysterious additives, interrogate old nutritional orthodoxies and learn to distinguish “real” food from whatever came before it.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
One by one, the authors attempt to demolish the orthodoxies of space enthusiasts.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
There are no political, religious or secularist orthodoxies or litmus tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Old orthodoxies should be shattered, rivals dented and establishment egos bruised in pursuit of a project external-link that justified it all.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
But in the scientific orthodoxies fashion reigns and changes as incontinently as in dress.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris
