unorthodoxy

Example Sentences

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They voted for unorthodoxy, and seem to have granted him dispensation to flaunt norms so long as he delivers results.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2017

The heats of a pre-season qualifier may be well suited to unorthodoxy, but a degree of convention is required when it matters.

From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2017

Lipsyte: One of the reasons that the older reporters were antagonistic to him, besides the fact that he wasn’t laconic like Joe Louis, their beau ideal, was the unorthodoxy of his style.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2016

The unorthodoxy began early, when Ovechkin barreled into goaltender Roberto Luongo while chasing a loose puck.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2015

And again, perhaps it was not even unorthodoxy that was written in his face, but simply intelligence.

From "1984" by George Orwell