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Orthodoxy vs Unorthodoxy - What's the difference?

orthodoxy | unorthodoxy |

As a proper noun orthodoxy

is the eastern orthodox church, including greek orthodox church, romanian orthodox church, russian orthodox church, and serbian orthodox church.

As a noun unorthodoxy is

lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox.

orthodoxy

English

Noun

(orthodoxies)
  • Correctness in doctrine and belief.
  • Conformity to established and accepted beliefs (usually of religions).

    • Antonyms

    * heterodoxy

    unorthodoxy

    English

    Noun

    (unorthodoxies)
  • Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 15, author=Ken Johnson, title=Striking When the Spirit Was Hot, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Where Ms. Rosler’s works exert a fervent but predictable didacticism, Ms. Wilding’s environment conveys an infectious unorthodoxy , a relief from the hierarchical rule of modernist aesthetics over previous decades. }}
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 13, author=Geoffrey Goodman, title=Aubrey Morris, work=The Guardian citation
    • , passage=It was indeed Aubrey's principal hobby, and allowed him to air his unorthodoxies .}}

    Synonyms

    *heterodoxy