orthodoxy

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Recent Examples of orthodoxy He's known as someone open to the modern world while still maintaining church orthodoxy and tradition. Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 6 May 2025 For one, liberalism itself has come to be associated with a cultural orthodoxy that many ordinary people no longer recognize as their own. MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025 There are two ways to replace an orthodoxy: with openness or with another orthodoxy. Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 19 May 2025 Many in the political establishment assumed that Mr. Myrie would run a high-energy, insurgent campaign like Mr. Mamdani has, challenging the moderate Democratic orthodoxy represented by Mr. Adams. Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for orthodoxy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orthodoxy
conformity
Noun
  • The Trump administration’s real agenda is the inspiration of fear and the inducement of conformity.
    George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2025
  • In its order, the Court emphasized that there is a fundamental distinction between the question of acceptance by States of the Court’s jurisdiction and the conformity of their acts with international law.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025

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“Orthodoxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orthodoxy. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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