Unorthodox vs Unorthodoxy - What's the difference?
unorthodox | unorthodoxy |
unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic
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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
, 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
, passage=It was indeed Aubrey's principal hobby, and allowed him to air his unorthodoxies .}}
As an adjective unorthodox
is unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic.As a noun unorthodoxy is
lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox.unorthodox
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Adjective
(en adjective)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- The breakthrough came after 63 minutes as United’s unorthodox defence desperately tried to hold off a spell of sustained pressure.
Synonyms
* heretical * heterodox * inorthodoxAntonyms
* orthodoxunorthodoxy
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