unorthodoxy

Noun

Meaning

unorthodoxy (plural unorthodoxies)

Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

paganism heresy apostasy nestorian originality atheism agnosticism Albigensian dissidence heterodoxy monophysite iconoclasm bohemianism misbelief

Antonyms

orthodoxy conservatism conventionalism conservativeness

Hypernyms

content orientation originality cognitive content mental object

Hyponyms

gnosticism arianism pelagianism nonconformity docetism monothelitism

Examples

The best leaders are apt to be found among those executives who have a strong component of unorthodoxy in their character. Instead of resisting innovation, they symbolize it. David Ogilvy

If an economy in the doldrums could drift indefinitely, the price of government inaction might be graver by far than the consequences of bold unorthodoxy. Robert Heilbroner

Close letter words and terms

unorthodox person unorthodoxly unorthodoxness unorthogonal unorthographic unorthographical