unorthodoxies
Departures from tradition
Unorthodoxies are departures from conventional belief or practice.
The word appears in contexts where someone catalogs multiple instances of nonconformity: His unorthodoxies included bare feet in the office and meetings held while walking.
The singular unorthodoxy is more common.
Departure from accepted standards
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
- contrarianismOpposing prevailing views systematically
- devianceDeparture from accepted standards
heresy · dissidence · noncompliance · irregularity · schism · freethinking · apostasy · individualism
Systematic testing of ideas
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- inventionNew device or method
novelty · originality · ingenuity · inventiveness · avant-garde · trailblazing · groundbreaking · unconventional
Disagreement with authority
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- subversionUndermining established authority
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
protest · disobedience · sedition · revolt · mutiny · insurrection · activism · radicalism
Unusual or unexpected trait
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- strangenessQuality of being peculiar
bizarreness · outlandishness · weirdness · kookiness · zaniness · unconventionality · aberration · anomaly
unconventionality
Departure from accepted standards
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
- contrarianismOpposing prevailing views systematically
deviance · heresy · dissidence · noncompliance · irregularity · schism · freethinking · apostasy · individualism · antiestablishment
experimentation
Systematic testing of ideas
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- breakthroughSudden important advance
invention · novelty · originality · ingenuity · inventiveness · avant-garde · trailblazing · groundbreaking · unconventional · visionary
dissent
Disagreement with authority
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- subversionUndermining established authority
insurgency · protest · disobedience · sedition · revolt · mutiny · insurrection · activism · radicalism · uprising
quirkiness
Unusual or unexpected trait
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
strangeness · bizarreness · outlandishness · weirdness · kookiness · zaniness · unconventionality · aberration · anomaly · singularity
unorthodoxiesorthodoxies
Widely accepted established beliefs
orthodoxy · conventions · conformities · standard practices · conventionalities
unorthodoxiesparty lines
Official political positions
orthodoxies · dogmas · doctrines · canons · articles of faith
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