Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: orthodoxy
IPA transcription: ['ɔɹθəd,ɑksi]
Pronunciations of orthodoxy
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: orthodoxy
    Meaning: the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
Usage examples
  • I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy.
  • I may, it is true, twist orthodoxy so as partly to justify a tyrant. But I can easily make up a German philosophy to justify him entirely.
  • An interesting sidelight on the mechanics of orthodoxy is that Mr. Jenyns dutifully records the second fall, but ignores it in his explanation.
  • When the word "orthodoxy" is used here it means the Apostles' Creed, as understood by everybody calling himself Christian until a very short time ago and the general historic conduct of those who held such a creed.
  • 'You can imagine that this was the very kind of crowd for my purpose. I knew of old its little ways, for with all its orthodoxy it dabbled a good deal in magic, and owed half its power to its atmosphere of the uncanny.
  • In fact, it is a remarkable circumstance (indeed not so very remarkable when one comes to think of it) that most things are the allies of oppression. There is only one thing that can never go past a certain point in its alliance with oppression--and that is orthodoxy.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Benjamin Franklin, License CC BY-SA 4.0