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orthodox
Synonyms and Antonyms of orthodox
- Schoolteachers tended to favor poets who followed a very orthodox style of poetry.
authorized, certified, official, sanctioned
accepted, correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly
formalistic, ritual, ritualistic
methodical (also methodic), orderly, systematic
- Orthodox in their view of the world, the Founding Fathers subscribed to the 18th-century notion that only men with property should be allowed to vote.
devoted, faithful, loyal, staunch (also stanch), steadfast, steady, true, true-blue
neoconservative, Tory, ultraright, ultrarightist
dowdy, fogyish (or fogeyish), fuddy-duddy, ossified, set, stodgy
antiliberal, antimodern, antiprogressive, antireform, antirevolutionary
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