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Recent Examples of unorthodoxy
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unorthodoxy
Noun
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The character — and those punchlines — carry a different meaning today, as unpacked by this documentary about nonconformity and being seen.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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In the postwar years, Malaparte claimed that his imprisonments by Mussolini were proof of his anti-Fascist credentials—or, at least, his irrepressible nonconformity.—
Thomas Meaney,
New Yorker,
2 July 2025
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A couple of years into her third term, Nabiullina has carved out room for nonconformism in a Russian establishment fixated on loyalty above all else.—
Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune Europe,
7 June 2024
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Radical nonconformism was a central tenet, which led some artists to use the form to challenge the pressures and constraints of oppressive regimes.—
Sophie Madeline Dess,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2022
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The study was even able to link these beliefs with the incitement of violence and extremism.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Gotsch said most issues, including rising extremism and polarization, can be tied back to the lack of competition in Indiana’s elections.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Unorthodoxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unorthodoxy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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