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Recent Examples of unorthodoxy
Actually, for all its apparent unorthodoxy, Lorblanchet’s work fits right into a new trend in cave art archeology.
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Roger Lewin, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Analysts said the move was the clearest step yet toward more mainstream economic policies after years of unorthodoxy under President Tayyip Erdogan, and should help rein in inflation expectations.
—Reuters, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
Curious chefs eventually heard about his unorthodoxy and showed up at the restaurant’s counter, then told others.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
And as a man of the theater who directed plays by the likes of Pirandello and Beckett, Camilleri was no stranger to unorthodoxy.
—Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
There was no point in questioning the unorthodoxy of starting the waterfowl season this late in the day.
—Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2021
His occasional instincts to unorthodoxy seem not to be accompanied by the spine to force them on the city’s encrusted forces of inertia.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 June 2021
For all her social unorthodoxy, Isabella was also an intellectual, fluent in both French and Italian, who ran in scholarly social circles who read Dante for their book club.
—Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 16 Apr. 2021
But as the unorthodoxy of the Trump presidency has collided with the crisis of a global pandemic, handshakes have tended to suggest something else: defiance.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 May 2020
Roger Lewin, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Analysts said the move was the clearest step yet toward more mainstream economic policies after years of unorthodoxy under President Tayyip Erdogan, and should help rein in inflation expectations.
—Reuters, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
Curious chefs eventually heard about his unorthodoxy and showed up at the restaurant’s counter, then told others.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
And as a man of the theater who directed plays by the likes of Pirandello and Beckett, Camilleri was no stranger to unorthodoxy.
—Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
There was no point in questioning the unorthodoxy of starting the waterfowl season this late in the day.
—Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2021
His occasional instincts to unorthodoxy seem not to be accompanied by the spine to force them on the city’s encrusted forces of inertia.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 June 2021
For all her social unorthodoxy, Isabella was also an intellectual, fluent in both French and Italian, who ran in scholarly social circles who read Dante for their book club.
—Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 16 Apr. 2021
But as the unorthodoxy of the Trump presidency has collided with the crisis of a global pandemic, handshakes have tended to suggest something else: defiance.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unorthodoxy
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In the postwar years, Malaparte claimed that his imprisonments by Mussolini were proof of his anti-Fascist credentials—or, at least, his irrepressible nonconformity.—
Thomas Meaney,
New Yorker,
2 July 2025
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For over a century, Greenwich Village has attracted Americans of all kinds with an interest in political activism and nonconformity.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
24 June 2025
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A couple of years into her third term, Nabiullina has carved out room for nonconformism in a Russian establishment fixated on loyalty above all else.—
Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune Europe,
7 June 2024
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Tolokonnikova is hardly representative of her generation, but her story hints at the possibility of another future for Russia, one in which nonconformism, tolerance, and individualism become virtues rather than crimes.—
Sarah E. Mendelson,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Dec. 2014
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Much of it looks at how people can be pulled toward extremism by online interactions sucking them in to supporting more violent ideologies like radical Islam as espoused by ISIS or antisemitism.—
Rachel Clarke,
CNN Money,
24 June 2025
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Outlining the extremism of this schism, Kürti points to Divízió 88 (Division 88), an anonymous neo-Nazi skinhead group founded in 2003 that folds racist, hateful lyrics into its rock and roll.—
Danielle Han,
JSTOR Daily,
22 June 2025
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“Unorthodoxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unorthodoxy. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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