(orthodoxies)
1.
An ~ is an accepted view about something.
These ideas rapidly became the new ~ in linguistics...
What was once a novel approach had become ~.
N-VAR
2.
The old, traditional beliefs of a religion, political party, or philosophy can be referred to as ~.
...a conflict between Nat’s religious ~ and Rube’s belief that his mission is to make money.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl