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unorthodoxy

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or⋅tho⋅dox⋅y

  [awr-thuh-dok-see]
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–noun, plural -dox⋅ies for 1.
1. orthodox belief or practice.
2. orthodox character.
Origin:
1620–30; < LL orthodoxia < Gk orthodoxía right opinion, equiv. to orthódox(os) (see orthodox ) + -ia -y 3
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un·or·tho·dox   (ŭn-ôr'thə-dŏks')   
adj.  Breaking with convention or tradition; not orthodox.
un·or'tho·dox'ly adv., un·or'tho·dox'y n.
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