Orthodox
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Orthodox adjective – Following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules. Usage example: schoolteachers tended to favor poets who followed a very orthodox style of poetry
Unconventional is an antonym for orthodox in topics: established, accepted.
Nearby Word: orthodoxy
Antonyms for Orthodox
Unconventional
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Unconventional adjective – Deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices. Usage example: the Shakers acquired their name because of their unconventional practice of dancing with shaking movements during worship
Orthodox is an antonym for unconventional.
Nearby Word: unconventionally
Antonyms for Unconventional
Things that words describes
| technique | orthodox technique | unconventional technique |
| manner | orthodox manner | unconventional manner |
| people | orthodox people | unconventional people |
| style | orthodox style | unconventional style |
| Other nouns: route, way, fashion, example, method, strategy, tactics, lifestyle, jobs, weapons, forms, strategies. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Part of the problem is that Team Kazekoshi plays strictly orthodox mahjong and are flustered when they meet unconventional players (in contrast, during Rounds 2 and 4, where they were pitted against orthodox players, they fared better).
Source: Manga / Saki
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Unconventional and Orthodox. (2016). Retrieved 2022, May 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/orthodox/unconventional
Orthodox & Unconventional. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 May. 2022. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/orthodox/unconventional>.
Unconventional or Orthodox. 2016. Accessed May 21, 2022. https://thesaurus.plus/related/orthodox/unconventional.
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