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Common collocations with orthodoxy in American Collocation

orthodoxy noun

US /ˈɔrθəˌdɑksi/

current or accepted

accepted
established
fashionable
prevailing
reigning
ruling

This was the accepted academic orthodoxy until the 1930s.

strict

dogmatic
rigid

There were times, however, when his seriousness degenerated into dogmatic orthodoxy.

religious

doctrinal
religious
theological
Catholic, Protestant etc

Franciscans believe in simplicity, obedience and doctrinal orthodoxy.

political, economic etc

feminist
ideological
liberal
modernist
Keynesian, Marxist etc

France in the 1990s saw a tremendous backlash against the liberal economic orthodoxy of the 1980s.

accept
challenge
defy
question
reject
subvert

We need MPs like him who remain willing to challenge current orthodoxy.