orthodox

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ortho·dox BrE [ˈɔːθədɒks] NAmE [ˈɔːrθədɑːks] adjective
1. (especially of beliefs or behaviour)generally accepted or approved of; following generally accepted beliefs
Syn: ↑traditional
•orthodox medicine
•He is very orthodox in his views.
Opp: ↑unorthodox
compare ↑heterodox
2. following closely the traditional beliefs and practices of a religion
•an orthodox Jew
3. Orthodoxbelonging to or connected with the ↑Orthodox Church

Word Origin:
[orthodox] late Middle English: from Greek orthodoxos (probably via ecclesiastical Latin), from orthos ‘straight ’ or ‘ right’ + doxa ‘opinion’.

Example Bank:
•I am not a very orthodox kind of counsellor.
•This is the strictly orthodox view.
•At that time the orthodox view was that secondary education should be selective.
•He pioneered what was to become the orthodox mode of social research.
•More orthodox scholars scoff at such theories.
•There is increasing cooperation between alternative and orthodox medicine.
•They presented a challenge to the more orthodox political parties.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Jewish-Orthodox