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orthodox (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: orthodoxe, from Late Latin, from Late Greek orthodoxos, from Greek ortho- (from orthos 'straight, correct') + doxa 'opinion']
orthodox ideas, methods, or behaviour are accepted by most people to be correct and right
-synonym conventional conventional
::orthodox medical treatments
::He challenged the orthodox views on education.
someone who is orthodox has the opinions and beliefs that are generally accepted as being right, and does not have new or different ideas
::Orthodox economists believe that a recession is now inevitable.
::an orthodox Marxist
believing in all the traditional beliefs, laws, and practices of a religion
::an orthodox Jew