orthodoxy

See also: Orthodoxy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξία (orthodoksia), from ὀρθός (orthos, “correct”) + δόξα (doxa, “way, opinion”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːθədɒksi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːrθədɑːksi/

Noun

orthodoxy (plural orthodoxies)

1. Correctness in doctrine and belief.
2. Conformity to established and accepted beliefs (usually of religions).

Antonyms

• heterodoxy

Translations

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

correctness in doctrine and belief

• Afrikaans: ortodoksie
• Arabic: الأرثوذكسية (al-ʾurṯūḏūksíyya)
• Armenian: ուղղափառություն (ułłapʿaṙutʿyun)
• Basque: ortodoxia
• Catalan: ortodòxia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 正統 (zh), 正统 (zh) (Zhèngtǒng)

• Czech: ortodoxie f
• Danish: ortodoksi
• Dutch: orthodoxie (nl)
• Faroese: rætttrúgv f, rætttrúnaður m
• Finnish: puhdasoppisuus, ortodoksisuus
• French: orthodoxie (fr) f
• Georgian: მართლმადიდებლობა (mart’lmadidebloba)
• 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
• Hindi: ओथडोक्सी (ōthaḍōksī)
• Icelandic: rétttrúnaður m
• Irish: ceartchreideamh m, ceartchreidmheacht f, ortadocsacht f
• Italian: ortodossia (it) f
• Japanese: 正統性 (Seitō-sei)
• Korean: 정설 (jeongseol)
• Norwegian: ortodoksi
• Persian: ارتدکسی (fa)
• Portuguese: ortodoxia (pt)
• Russian: правосла́вие (ru) n (pravoslávije), ортодокса́льность (ru) f (ortodoksálʹnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: православље (pravoslavlje), ортодоксија
• Spanish: ortodoxia f
• Swedish: ortodoxi (sv), renlärighet c
• Volapük: lotodog, verätalekred