or ‧ tho ‧ dox /ˈɔːθədɒks $ ˈɔːrθədɑːks/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: orthodoxe , from Late Latin , from Late Greek orthodoxos , from Greek ortho- (from orthos 'straight, correct' ) + doxa 'opinion' ]
1 . orthodox ideas, methods, or behaviour are accepted by most people to be correct and right SYN conventional :
orthodox medical treatments
He challenged the orthodox views on education.
2 . 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
3 . believing in all the traditional beliefs, laws, and practices of a religion:
an orthodox Jew
• • •
THESAURUS
■ believing in a religion
▪ religious believing strongly in a religion and obeying its rules:
My father was a very religious man.
|
Are you religious?
▪ devout having a very strong belief in a religion:
a devout Catholic
▪ orthodox believing in the traditional beliefs, laws, and practices of a religion:
orthodox Jews