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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Though Leibowitz toppled bond-market orthodoxies early in his career, he valued the wisdom of his predecessors and advised young people to ask old-timers for the rationales behind their time-tested methods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
One by one, the authors attempt to demolish the orthodoxies of space enthusiasts.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
What Field admired was Powell's willingness to challenge his own party's leadership and orthodoxies - even if it effectively removed him from office.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2024
It’s also shaped by its programmers’ tastes and orthodoxies, including ideas about what constitutes a festival movie, which, much as at Cannes and elsewhere, tends to mean gravely serious, non-genre work.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
In this sense there are as many orthodoxies as there are believers, for no two men, even in the same Church, think exactly alike.
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke
