Dictionary

unorthodoxy en · NOUN

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.

Meanings

1. Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox
   • Where Ms. Rosler’s works exert a fervent but predictable didacticism, Ms. Wilding’s environment conveys an infectious unorthodoxy, a relief from the hierarchical rule of modernist aesthetics over previous decades. 2008 February 15, Ken Johnson, “Striking When the Spirit Was Hot”, in New York Times:
   • It was indeed Aubrey's principal hobby, and allowed him to air his unorthodoxies. 2009 January 13, Geoffrey Goodman, “Aubrey Morris”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Antonyms

orthodoxy

Hypernyms

unconformity

Hyponyms

heresy · schismatism · apostasy

Synonyms

unorthodoxy · heterodoxy [inexact?] · heterodoxy

Translations (3)

pl nieortodoksja (lack of orthodoxy) · fr inorthodoxie (lack of orthodoxy) · fi epäortodoksisuus (lack of orthodoxy)