Dictionary

orthodox en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɔːθədɒks/ (UK)
• /ˈɔɹθədɑks/ (US)

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”). Displaced native Old English wuldorlīċ.

Meanings

1. Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology.
   • 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. 2005, Alister E McGrath, Iustitia Dei:
   • ‘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.’ 2009 December 23, Andrew Brown, The Guardian:
2. Adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted.
   • 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. 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:
   • 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. 1838, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter VII, in Alice or The Mysteries […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, book III, pages 297–298:
3. Of the eastern churches, Eastern Orthodox.
4. Of a branch of Judaism.
5. Of pollen, seed, or spores: viable for a long time; viable when dried to low moisture content.

Forms

Antonyms

outlandish · liberal · liberal · inorthodox · haram · outlandish · unkosher · Reform Judaism · Roman Catholic · unconventional · recalcitrant · idiosyncratic · sinful · Western Christianity · irregular · incongruitous · heretical · nonconformist · unorthodox · unorthodox · unexpected · inorthodox · heretical · unconventional · unusual · unorthodox · offbeat · strange · heterodox · anarchistic · heterodox · nonorthodox · treyf · nonorthodox · odd · blasphemous · liberal · unorthodox

Coordinates

standard

Deriveds

orthodoxization · hyperorthodox · antiorthodox · counterorthodox · orthodoxal · orthodoxism · orthodoxist · protoorthodox · orthodoxise · orthodoxly · orthodox file manager · orthodoxness · orthodoxize · orthodoxic

Hypernyms

conformant

Hyponyms

valid

Relateds

orthodox spin (Terms related to orthodox) · Serbian Orthodox Church (Terms related to orthodox) · left arm orthodox (Terms related to orthodox) · orthodoxy (Terms related to orthodox) · expected · Greek Orthodox (Terms related to orthodox) · Eastern Orthodox (Terms related to orthodox) · Russian Orthodox Church (Terms related to orthodox) · orthodox spinner (Terms related to orthodox) · Neo-orthodox (Terms related to orthodox) · Orthodoxan (Terms related to orthodox) · paleo-orthodox (Terms related to orthodox) · Orthodoxy (Terms related to orthodox)

Synonyms

allowed · traditional · routine · homodox · homodox · conventional · conservative · proper · customary · halal · natural · orthodox · official · by the book · conventional · kosher

Translations (79)

bg правоверен (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · ga ceartchreidmheach (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · de althergebracht (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · cs pravověrný (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · cu правовѣрьнъ (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · eo ortodoksa (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · vo lotodogik (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · fi puhdasoppinen (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · de orthodox (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · fi perinteinen (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · hy օրթոդոքսալ (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · no ortodoks (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · fi ortodoksi- (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · pl prawowierny (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · io ortodoxo (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · ca ortodox (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · he אוֹרְתּוֹדוֹקְסִי (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · cu православьнъ (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · pl ortodoksyjny (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · de allgemein anerkannt (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · ms ortodoks (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · fi ortodoksinen (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · bg общоприет (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · fr orthodoxe (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · cs ortodoxní (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · pt ortodoxo (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · da almindelig anerkendt (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · fr orthodoxe (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · sv ortodox (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · da ortodoks (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · bn ফরাজী (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · vo lotodogik (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · nl traditioneel (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · pl ortodoksyjny (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · bn ফরায়েজী (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · et õigeusklik (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · nl orthodox (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · uk правові́рний (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · ru ортодокса́льный (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · la orthodoxus (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · hy ուղղափառ (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · fa ارتدکس (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · ga ortadocsach (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · sk ortodoxný (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · it ortodosso (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · pt ortodoxo (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · grc ὀρθόδοξος (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · nl orthodox (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · hy ուղղադավան (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · io ortodoxo (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · ru традицио́нный (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · de rechtgläubig (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · hu ortodox (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · da rettroende (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · el ορθόδοξος (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · pl długowieczny (viable for a long time) · ru правове́рный (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · hu ortodox (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · cmn 正統 /正统 (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · fi puhdasoppinen (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · ru общепри́нятый (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · sv renlärig (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · hy ուղղահավատ (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · yi אָרטאָדאָקסיש (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · grc ὀρθόδοξος (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · uk ортодокса́льний (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · it ortodosso (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · es ortodoxo (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · enm orthodoxe (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · da ortodoks (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · el ορθόδοξος (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · sk pravoslávny (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · hi रूढ़िवादी (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · fi ortodoksinen (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · de orthodox (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted) · es ortodoxo (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · pl prawosławny (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · eo ortodoksa (conforming to accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology) · de traditionell (adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted)