orthodoxy

[awr-thuh-dok-see]

noun

plural

orthodoxies 

1. orthodox belief or practice.

2. orthodox character.

Other Word Forms

• antiorthodoxy noun
• hyperorthodoxy noun
• pro-orthodoxy adjective
• unorthodoxy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of orthodoxy¹

1620–30; < Late Latin orthodoxia < Greek orthodoxía right opinion, equivalent to orthódox ( os ) ( orthodox ) + -ia -y ³

Example Sentences

The problem goes well beyond news: The BBC’s vast entertainment and cultural output conveys almost exclusively the same progressive orthodoxies to the masses.

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The rise of populism has been characterized by a liberalization of thought and speech that had previously been suppressed by the prevailing authorities of orthodoxy.

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Weiss, who has described her news startup, the Free Press, as a check on mainstream media’s liberal orthodoxy, is a trustee at the school.

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Kirk traveled to college campuses to challenge liberal orthodoxy and make arguments against too much immigration and diversity policies and in support of traditional ideas of marriage.

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Then why is his state arguing in court that progressive climate orthodoxy trumps free speech?

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Related Words

• belief 
• doctrine 
• tradition