unorthodoxy
noun
un·or·tho·doxy
ˌən-ˈȯr-thə-ˌdäk-sē 
1
: the quality or state of being unorthodox
2
: something (such as an opinion or doctrine) that is unorthodox
Examples of unorthodoxy in a Sentence
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Analysts said the move was the clearest step yet toward more mainstream economic policies after years of unorthodoxy under President Tayyip Erdogan, and should help rein in inflation expectations.
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Reuters, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
Curious chefs eventually heard about his unorthodoxy and showed up at the restaurant’s counter, then told others.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
And as a man of the theater who directed plays by the likes of Pirandello and Beckett, Camilleri was no stranger to unorthodoxy.
—Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
There was no point in questioning the unorthodoxy of starting the waterfowl season this late in the day.
—Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2021
His occasional instincts to unorthodoxy seem not to be accompanied by the spine to force them on the city’s encrusted forces of inertia.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 June 2021
For all her social unorthodoxy, Isabella was also an intellectual, fluent in both French and Italian, who ran in scholarly social circles who read Dante for their book club.
—Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 16 Apr. 2021
But as the unorthodoxy of the Trump presidency has collided with the crisis of a global pandemic, handshakes have tended to suggest something else: defiance.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 May 2020
Actually, for all its apparent unorthodoxy, Lorblanchet’s work fits right into a new trend in cave art archeology.
—Roger Lewin, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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Reuters, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
Curious chefs eventually heard about his unorthodoxy and showed up at the restaurant’s counter, then told others.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
And as a man of the theater who directed plays by the likes of Pirandello and Beckett, Camilleri was no stranger to unorthodoxy.
—Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
There was no point in questioning the unorthodoxy of starting the waterfowl season this late in the day.
—Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2021
His occasional instincts to unorthodoxy seem not to be accompanied by the spine to force them on the city’s encrusted forces of inertia.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 June 2021
For all her social unorthodoxy, Isabella was also an intellectual, fluent in both French and Italian, who ran in scholarly social circles who read Dante for their book club.
—Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 16 Apr. 2021
But as the unorthodoxy of the Trump presidency has collided with the crisis of a global pandemic, handshakes have tended to suggest something else: defiance.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 May 2020
Actually, for all its apparent unorthodoxy, Lorblanchet’s work fits right into a new trend in cave art archeology.
—Roger Lewin, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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“Unorthodoxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unorthodoxy. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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