orthodoxy

See also: Orthodoxy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξία (orthodoxía), from ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) + δόξα (dóxa, “way, opinion”). By surface analysis, orthodox +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːθədɒksi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹθədɑksi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɹθədɑːksi/

Noun

orthodoxy (countable and uncountable, plural orthodoxies)

1. Correctness in doctrine and belief.
   • 2023 September 12, James Kirchick, “Bayard Rustin Challenged Progressive Orthodoxies”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] these tributes studiously ignore another aspect of his life: how, throughout his later career, Mr. Rustin repeatedly challenged progressive orthodoxies.

2. Conformity to established and accepted beliefs (usually of religions).
   • 2024 July 31, David French, “Some Think What You Preach Matters More Than What You Do. It Doesn’t.”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     The two concepts are so distinct within Christianity that they have different names — orthodoxy (right belief) and orthopraxy (right conduct).

Antonyms

• heterodoxy
• cacodoxy (rare)

Related terms

• Neo-orthodoxy
• neo-orthodoxy
• Orthodox
• orthodox
• orthodoxic
• orthodoxical
• orthodoxically
• Orthodoxy
• orthogonal
• orthogonality
• paleo-orthodoxy

 

Translations

the beliefs and practices of the Eastern Orthodox Church — see Orthodoxy

correctness in doctrine and belief

• Afrikaans: ortodoksie
• Arabic: أُرْثُوذُكْسِيَّة (ar) (ʔurṯūḏuksiyya)
• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: תריצי שובחא

  Syriac: ܬܪ̈ܝܨܝ ܫܘܒܚܐ

• Armenian: ուղղափառություն (hy) (uġġapʻaṙutʻyun)
• Basque: ortodoxia
• Catalan: ortodòxia (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 正統／正统 (zh) (zhèngtǒng)

• Czech: ortodoxie f
• Danish: ortodoksi
• Dutch: orthodoxie (nl)
• Estonian: õigeusklikkus, ortodoksia (rare)
• Faroese: rætttrúgv f, rætttrúnaður m
• Finnish: puhdasoppisuus (fi), ortodoksisuus (fi)
• French: orthodoxie (fr) f
• Georgian: მართლმადიდებლობა (martlmadidebloba)
• German: Orthodoxie f, (high) Hochorthodoxie f, (neo-) Neuorthodoxie f, (enlightened) vernünftige Orthodoxie f, Rechtgläubigkeit f, Strenggläubigkeit f, Schriftgläubigkeit f
• Greek: ορθοδοξία (el) f (orthodoxía)
• Haitian Creole: ortodoksi
• Hebrew: אורתודוקסיה f
• Hindi: ऑर्थोडॉक्सी (ŏrthoḍŏksī), ओथडोक्सी (othḍoksī)
• Icelandic: rétttrúnaður m
• Irish: ceartchreideamh m, ceartchreidmheacht f, ortadocsacht f
• Italian: ortodossia (it) f
• Japanese: 正統 (ja) (seitō)
• Khmer: សម្មាមតិ (sammaamea’te’)
• Korean: 정설 (jeongseol)
• Latin: orthodoxia f
• Norwegian: ortodoksi
• Persian: ارتدکسی (fa)
• Polish: ortodoksja f
• Portuguese: ortodoxia (pt) f
• Romanian: ortodoxie (ro) f
• Russian: правосла́вие (ru) n (pravoslávije), ортодокса́льность (ru) f (ortodoksálʹnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: православље, ортодоксија

  Roman: pravoslavlje (sh), ortodoksija (sh)

• Spanish: ortodoxia (es) f
• Swedish: ortodoxi (sv), renlärighet (sv) c
• Ukrainian: православ'я (uk) n (pravoslavʺja)
• Volapük: lotodog, verätalekred
• Yiddish: אָרטאָדאָקסיע f (ortodoksye)