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Definition orthodox in American English

orthodox adjective

adjective
/ˈɔrθəˌdɑks/
1

accepted by most people as the correct or usual idea or practice

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orthodox cancer treatment

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orthodox Judaism

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2.1

believing and practicing the basic or original ideas of a political, economic, or other theory

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an orthodox Freudian psychoanalyst

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Definition orthodox in American English