orthodoxy
American
[awr-thuh-dok-see]
/ ˈɔr θəˌdɒk si /
noun
plural
orthodoxies-
orthodox belief or practice.
-
orthodox character.
Other Word Forms
- antiorthodoxy noun
- hyperorthodoxy noun
- pro-orthodoxy adjective
- unorthodoxy noun
Etymology
Origin of orthodoxy
1620–30; < Late Latin orthodoxia < Greek orthodoxía right opinion, equivalent to orthódox ( os ) ( orthodox ) + -ia -y 3
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