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Synonyms & Antonyms for orthodox
Synonyms: Adjective
ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, formal, regular, routine
Antonyms: Adjective
casual, freewheeling, informal, irregular, unceremonious, unconventional, unorthodox
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He took an orthodox approach to the problem. She believes in the benefits of both orthodox medicine and alternative medicine. He is a very orthodox Muslim. I attend an Eastern Orthodox church. My grandmother is Russian Orthodox.
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Under orthodox Jewish law, Kalish said life begins 40 days after conception. — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, "After abortion vote, Democratic candidates line up for state House seat in 16th District," 20 Aug. 2019 The anthropology these people practiced had two motives that might seem, from an orthodox scholarly perspective, extracurricular—except that knowledge is always pursued for a reason. — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, "How Cultural Anthropologists Redefined Humanity," 19 Aug. 2019 In his first term, Donald Trump’s newest appointee voted most often with Chief Justice Roberts (94 percent) and the Court’s most orthodox party-line conservative, Samuel Alito (91 percent). — Scott Lemieux, Vox, "5 takeaways from the Supreme Court’s just-ended term," 29 June 2019 That changed after China embarked on economic reforms four decades ago while the North stuck to orthodox communism's shibboleths of state ownership and central planning, even as its economy tanked and starvation grew. — Christopher Bodeen, Fox News, "Xi's NKorea visit a chance to strengthen ties, influence US," 20 June 2019 Those ideas—more or less orthodox policy today—were wildly original by the standards of the eighteenth century. — John Lanchester, The New Yorker, "The Invention of Money," 29 July 2019 More orthodox Republicans, for good and for ill, have been more willing than their Democratic counterparts to grant libertarian thought its table scraps. — Lucy Steigerwald, The New Republic, "Justin Amash and the Libertarian Future," 29 July 2019 In the past the parties representing Israel’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community were prepared to sit in coalitions led both by Likud and by its rivals from the centre-left. — Jerusalem, The Economist, "Binyamin Netanyahu will soon be Israel’s longest-ever-serving leader," 18 July 2019 This orthodox approach to addressing inflation didn’t sit well with Erdogan, who, unusually, thinks that high interest rates cause inflation. — Jason Karaian, Quartz, "Turkey’s president is testing his ability to bend the economy to his will," 7 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
That had the effect of enforcing a very bland neutrality in radio and television, one that really favored well-established, orthodox, left-of-center views and conservatives hated that. — Andrew Marino, The Verge, "Podcast: What’s wrong with Congress’ tech policy conversation?," 13 Aug. 2019 The decision was seen by many as supportive of central-bank autonomy while bringing an orthodox although sometimes critical voice to the bank’s policy-setting board. — Juan Montes, WSJ, "Bank of Mexico Chief Stresses Shared Responsibility in Economic Stability," 8 Oct. 2018 Also in the region Mr. Heath, who specializes in econometrics and monetary policy, is widely seen as an orthodox economist. — Juan Montes, WSJ, "López Obrador to Name Independent Economist to Mexico Central Bank," 26 Sep. 2018 Just imagine: an encased farce of brined and smoked brisket dragged through the garden of the orthodox Chicago condiments. — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, "At 3 Squares Diner there’s a dog that won’t bark," 12 July 2018 The once ultra-orthodox are loosening their ideologies, facilitated by Facebook groups, podcasts, websites, and meet-ups. — Sarah Scoles, Longreads, "Meet the New Mormons," 8 June 2018 The fascinating modern historic events there now were instigated by an unorthodox president who may be about to accomplish what orthodox leaders never could. — Andrew Malcolm, San Francisco Chronicle, "Trump’s Korea initiative is risky and unprecedented," 2 May 2018 The closest synagogue at the time was a conservative synagogue on Third Avenue and McDowell Road, a long walk for orthodox worshipers who did not drive on the Sabbath. — Jessica Boehm, azcentral, "Founding family of Phoenix synagogue saved 1,500 people during the Holocaust," 12 Apr. 2018 Santos is likely to continue Uribe's crackdown on crime and on the FARC insurgency as well as his orthodox financial policies. — Newsweek, "Amazing Photos of Bioluminescent Phytoplankton," 14 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'orthodox.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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