UNORTHODOXIES Antonyms

• correspondence in form or appearance

• acting according to certain accepted standards

• orthodoxy in thoughts and belief

• concurrence of opinion

• hardened conventionality

• a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical

• a statistic describing the location of a distribution

• the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)

• a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards

• a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles

• the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate

• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

• something regarded as a normative example

• prescribed guide for conduct or action

• (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice

• a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

• the duration of a monarch's or government's power

• dominance or power through legal authority

• directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted

• any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order

• a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

• (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

• measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

• exercise authority over; as of nations

• decide with authority

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• decide on and make a declaration about

• have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac

• mark or draw with a ruler

• keep in check

• conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind

• established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence

• conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

• a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

• the ideal in terms of which something can be judged

• a board measure = 1980 board feet

• the value behind the money in a monetary system

• an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support)

• any distinctive flag

• commonly used or supplied

• regularly and widely used or sold

• an inherited pattern of thought or action

• a specific practice of long standing

• conformity with conventional thought and behavior

• unoriginality as a result of being too conventional

• orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

• the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)

• a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards