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

My own take on the unorthodoxy is this: “You’re getting away with it this time, Alice Feeney, but I wouldn’t try it again.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 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

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