nonorthodox

adjective

ˌnän-ˈȯr-thə-ˌdäks How to pronounce nonorthodox (audio)
Definition of nonorthodoxnext
1
as in dissident
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices one of the few colonies to tolerate nonorthodox religious beliefs

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2
as in liberal
not bound by traditional ways or beliefs a nonorthodox approach to teaching music

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonorthodox
  1. dissident
  2. liberal
  3. unconventional
  4. modern
  5. dissenting
  6. progressive
  7. contemporary
  8. radical
Adjective
  • Cuban dissident artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who is currently jailed in Havana, has invited attendees of the upcoming Havana Biennial to visit him in prison as a part of an art project, the Art Newspaper reported Monday.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • With the Iranian film shot entirely in secret, the teaser for the dissident Iranian filmmaker’s Cannes Special Jury Prize winner centers on a family thrust into the public eye when its patriarch, Iman (Misagh Zare) is named as an investigating judge in Tehran.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of dissident
Adjective
  • However, the newer study did not confirm any consistent association between liberal ideology and the anterior cingulate cortex size.
    Paul Hsieh, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Studies by both the liberal Brennan Center for Justice and the libertarian Cato Institute have found there is almost no evidence of noncitizen voting.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of liberal
Adjective
  • This novel design and other touches are the creations of General Motor's design team of five women, led by two who came to GM with unconventional backgrounds.
    Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Under this new gallery model, Fitzpatrick will remain based in Paris and mount exhibitions at unconventional venues in Paris and around the world.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of unconventional
Adjective
  • The movie’s true set pieces are the professorial villain’s ostentatious monologues using fast food, musical plagiarism, and Monopoly as metaphors to point out how modern religions are just conspicuous iterations of what’s come before.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Second, the refusal to see how profoundly distasteful so much of modern liberalism has become to so much of America.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of modern
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  • In the dissenting view, the star collapses to the edge of the event horizon and then hovers there, or rebounds and explodes.
    Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015
  • The document runs to more than a hundred and fifty pages, and for each question there are affirmative and dissenting studies, as well as some that indicate mixed results.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
Definition of dissenting
Adjective
  • The gap in votes cast by the mayor’s critics and her supporters could be seen as a kind of backlash to progressive politics in one of California’s most diverse cities.
    Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • At least this one tilts a bit more progressive: The Recording Academy’s yearslong project to expand and diversify its membership seems to be paying off, with a younger and especially more women-heavy slate this year (just don’t look at the rock categories).
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of progressive
Adjective
  • The film tells the story of Manish Chauhan, who was tutored by an Israeli dance instructor and went on to perform with a contemporary company in New York.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • To prevent future crises, world leaders are trying to even out the balance sheet… Integrating the Americas: FTAA and Beyond; Free Trade and the Environment: Mexico, NAFTA, and Beyond Free trade agreements are the contemporary equivalent of security alliances.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of contemporary
Adjective
  • Assassinations can also elevate more radical or more effective leaders.
    Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
  • This makes Godot feel like a free-flowing, creative instrument users share and improve together as a radical hacker collective.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of radical
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