orthodoxy

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈɔrθəˌdɑksiː/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    Conformity to established or generally accepted beliefs, doctrines, or practices, especially in religion.; The body of beliefs or teachings held to be correct or authoritative by a particular group, institution, or field.; The Eastern Orthodox Church or its doctrines and practices.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable / uncountable Plural: orthodoxies

Collocations

religious orthodoxypolitical orthodoxychallenge orthodoxyestablished orthodoxydeviate from orthodoxyconform to orthodoxy

Derivatives

orthodoxorthodoxlyunorthodoxunorthodoxyheterodoxyheterodox

Synonyms

conformityconventiondogmadoctrinetraditionalismconventionalism

Antonyms

heterodoxyheresyunorthodoxy

Commonly confused

orthodox
EN: 'Orthodox' is the adjective form (e.g., orthodox beliefs); 'orthodoxy' is the noun referring to the system of beliefs or the quality of being orthodox.
heterodoxy
EN: 'Heterodoxy' means deviation from accepted beliefs, the opposite of orthodoxy.
dogma
EN: 'Dogma' refers to specific authoritative principles or tenets, while 'orthodoxy' refers more broadly to the overall body of accepted beliefs or conformity to them.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the Greek roots: 'ortho-' (correct) + '-doxy' (opinion/belief). Don't confuse the 'x' with 'ct' — it is 'orthodoxy', not 'orthodocty'.

💬 Examples

  1. His views were considered a departure from religious orthodoxy.

  2. The scientific orthodoxy of the time rejected the idea of continental drift.

  3. Orthodoxy is the dominant religion in Greece and Russia.