unorthodoxy

Example Sentences

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Looking for unorthodoxy, he discovered villainy and embraced it, perhaps in a scheme to get traded, damning being adored in pursuit of a self that seemed true.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2023

But that unorthodoxy was one of the things that made Allison such an innovative force.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2022

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

Another year, two years, and they would be watching her night and day for symptoms of unorthodoxy.

From "1984" by George Orwell