unorthodoxy

Example Sentences

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And as a man of the theater who directed plays by the likes of Pirandello and Beckett, Camilleri was no stranger to unorthodoxy.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021

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

His speed and unorthodoxy bamboozled every contender, from rock-chinned plodders such as George Chuvalo to more brittle-skinned hopefuls such as Henry Cooper and Brian London, who entertained him briefly on his European sojourns.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2016

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

Before those who now, for the sake of the Savage, paid their court to him, Bernard would parade a carping unorthodoxy.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley