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   Or·tho·dox

   /ˈôrTHəˌdäks/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or their views, especially religious or political ones, or other beliefs or practices) conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true; established and approved: "orthodox medical treatment" Similar conservativetraditionalobservantconformistdevoutstricttruetrue blueof the faithof the true faith
   • ▪ (of a person) not independent-minded; conventional and unoriginal: "a relatively orthodox artist" Similar conventionalmainstreamconformistacceptedapprovedreceivedrecognizedcorrectproperestablishedwell establishedauthorizedauthoritativetraditionaltraditionalistprevailingprevalentcommonpopularcustomaryusualnormalregularstandardcanonicaldoctrinalunhereticalconservativeunoriginalderivativebien pensantOpposite unconventionalunorthodoxnonconformist
   • 2. (of a thing) of the ordinary or usual type; normal: "they avoided orthodox jazz venues"
   • 3. (of Jewish people or Judaism) strictly keeping to traditional doctrine and ritual: "Orthodox Jewish boys"
   • 4. relating to the Orthodox Church.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Greek orthodoxos (probably via ecclesiastical Latin), from orthos ‘straight or right’ + doxa ‘opinion’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. orthodoxly adverb

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