Meaning | breaking with convention or tradition. |
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Example | "an unorthodox lifestyle" |
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Attribute of | orthodoxy | The quality of being orthodox (especially in religion) |
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Narrower | Reformed | Of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation |
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dissentient, recusant | (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England |
dissident, heretical, heterodox | Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards |
iconoclastic | Characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions |
nonconforming, nonconformist | not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion |
Opposite | orthodox | adhering to what is commonly accepted |
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Spanish | heterodoxo, poco ortodoxo |
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