orthodoxy

Other forms of orthodoxy

plural

orthodoxies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about orthodoxy

What does orthodoxy mean?

orthodoxy means "the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in orthodoxy?

orthodoxy has 4 syllables: or-tho-dox-y. The stress falls on "or". In IPA it is /ˈɔɹθəˌdɑksi/.

What is the opposite of orthodoxy?

The recorded antonyms are unorthodoxy, unorthodoxy.

Is orthodoxy a common word?

orthodoxy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with orthodoxy?

2 words rhyme with orthodoxy. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.