ORTHODOXY Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

orthodoxy

noun

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as in conformity

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Recent Examples of orthodoxy Beshear doesn’t shy from his Democratic pedigree, or stray from much of the party’s orthodoxy. —

Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026 The obsequiousness, the sneers, the boasting, the vacant generalities, and the hand-waving bespeak fear of departing from the Trumpian orthodoxy of the moment. —

Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026 Not one for false abnegation of words distorted by smears, Rushdie doubles down on his right to freedom of expression, defending his dissent from religious orthodoxy. —

David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 Jan. 2026 Tesla shareholders chose ambition, innovation, and long-term value creation over adherence to outdated orthodoxy. —

Shane Goodwin, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for orthodoxy

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conformity

Noun

To reject any anomaly, anything mysterious or unusual, Kawamura suggests, is to succumb to a soul-crushing, self-serving conformity—and to withhold possibilities of decency, discovery, and love that make any game worth playing, life very much included.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
But the almost accidental fact that talk therapy is accomplished through words doesn’t provide a very strong reason to exempt it from being reviewed for its conformity to what medical science currently believes is the best way to treat people.

— Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 9 Apr. 2026