noun
Meaning 1
Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unorthodoxy
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noun
Meaning 2
the quality of being unorthodox
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heterodoxy
Antonyms: orthodoxy
Broader terms: originality
Narrower terms: unconventionality, nonconformity
noun
Meaning 3
a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heresy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: content, cognitive content, mental object
Narrower terms: Arianism, Marcionism, Monophysitism, Monothelitism, Nestorianism, Pelagianism, Docetism, Gnosticism, tritheism, Albigensianism, Catharism, Zurvanism
noun
Meaning 4
any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heterodoxy, heresy
Antonyms: orthodoxy
Broader terms: orientation
Narrower terms: iconoclasm, nonconformity, nonconformism, nonconformance
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English orthodoxy English unorthodoxy From un- + orthodoxy.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: epäortodoksisuus — lack of orthodoxy
- French: inorthodoxie — lack of orthodoxy
- Polish: nieortodoksja — lack of orthodoxy