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orthodoxy

[awr-thuh-dok-see] / ˈɔr θəˌdɒk si /
NOUN
dogma
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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One reason that Snead could be so fearless was that he had come to the realization that, contrary to NFL orthodoxy, the draft wasn’t the be-all, end-all of teambuilding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Measured in volatility, the S&P 500 over that period has been less “risky,” just as Wall Street orthodoxy would suggest.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

But there is no shortage of evangelists who will point to Musk's staggering ability to raise money, challenge orthodoxy and prove his doubters wrong.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

The First Amendment, he concludes, “stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy in thought or speech.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

The evidence for a germ theory of disease was available for hundreds and hundreds of years before medical orthodoxy was capable of looking at it freshly enough to accept it.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

One by one, the authors attempt to demolish the orthodoxies of space enthusiasts.

From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025

There are no political, religious or secularist orthodoxies or litmus tests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

What Field admired was Powell's willingness to challenge his own party's leadership and orthodoxies - even if it effectively removed him from office.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2024

But now, a growing awareness of the impact of those systems on the climate has led a number of major institutions to rethink their most fundamental conservation orthodoxies.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023

But in the scientific orthodoxies fashion reigns and changes as incontinently as in dress.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris




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