orthodox
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːθədɒks/
ipa: /ˈɔɹθədɑks/
Forms: form: more orthodox
form: most orthodox
Etymology: From Late Middle English orthodoxe, from Middle French orthodoxe and its etymon Late Latin orthodoxus, from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos), from ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”).
Senses: examples: text: Five important modifications were made by the Pietists to the orthodox doctrine of justification, each corresponding to a distinctive aspect of the movement's agenda.
ref: 2005, Alister E McGrath, Iustitia Dei:
text: ‘These speakers are academics who have specialised in Islamic sciences and are well respected in scholarly circles. It is grossly unjust to suggest that they belong to some fringe ideology rather than orthodox Islam.’
ref: 2009 December 23, Andrew Brown, The Guardian:
synonyms: homodox
antonyms: heretical
heterodox
inorthodox
nonorthodox
unorthodox
glosses: Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology.
examples: text: She tattled on: first to one, then to the other—then to all, till she had tattled herself out of breath;—and then the orthodox half hour had expired, and the bell was rung, and the carriage ordered, and Mrs. Hare rose to depart.
ref: 1838, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter VII, in Alice or The Mysteries […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, book III, pages 297–298:
text: Not only the quack cures of the past but also many forms of treatment given with the best will and intentions in the world by the best and most orthodox doctors of the time seem strange to us today.
ref: 1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 763:
synonyms: conservative
conventional
antonyms: liberal
outlandish
unorthodox
glosses: Adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted.
antonyms: Roman Catholic
Western Christianity
glosses: Of the eastern churches, Eastern Orthodox.
antonyms: liberal
Reform Judaism
glosses: Of a branch of Judaism.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
antonyms: recalcitrant
glosses: Of pollen, seed, or spores: viable for a long time; viable when dried to low moisture content.
Synonyms: word: halal
word: homodox
word: kosher
word: orthodox
word: by the book
word: allowed
word: conventional
word: correct
word: customary
word: expected
word: natural
word: normal
word: official
word: proper
word: rightful
word: standard
word: traditional
word: true
Derived terms: antiorthodox
counterorthodox
hyperorthodox
orthodoxal
orthodox file manager
orthodoxic
orthodoxise
orthodoxize
orthodoxism
orthodoxist
orthodoxization
orthodoxly
orthodoxness
protoorthodox
Related terms: sense: Terms related to orthodox
word: Eastern Orthodox
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word: Greek Orthodox
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word: left arm orthodox
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word: Neo-orthodox
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word: Orthodoxan
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word: orthodox spin
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word: orthodox spinner
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word: orthodoxy
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word: Orthodoxy
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word: paleo-orthodox
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word: Russian Orthodox Church
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word: Serbian Orthodox Church