orthodoxy

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Recent Examples of orthodoxy On the one hand, his views on the ordination of women, while still aligned with Church orthodoxy, frustrated Catholic women demanding greater roles. Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025 The unmistakable message: in Welch’s House of Representatives, Democratic moderates who think for themselves and question their own party’s orthodoxies are unwelcome. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025 This habit of state intervention, of course, runs counter to laissez-faire orthodoxy, with its insistence that markets should be left to their own devices. Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 14 May 2025 For too long, free trade orthodoxy across both political parties failed to account for the human cost of imports—specifically, the loss of good jobs. Lynn Forester De Rothschild, Time, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for orthodoxy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orthodoxy
conformity
Noun
  • Instead of using dress as a sign of conformity and inclusion, these styles were used to demonstrate the tastes and preferences of the individual.
    Time, Time, 5 May 2025
  • The Trump administration’s real agenda is the inspiration of fear and the inducement of conformity.
    George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2025

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“Orthodoxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orthodoxy. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.

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