neo-orthodoxyn.
/ˌniːəʊˈɔːθədɒksi/, U.S. /ˌnioʊˈɔrθəˌdɑksi/ A modern development of orthodoxy, esp. one that seeks to be faithful to tradition; a new or recent orthodoxy.
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1909 S. P. Sherman Let. Oct. in J. Zeitlin & H. Woodbridge Life & Lett. S. P. Sherman (1929) I. ix. 167 You should always call it neo-orthodoxy. To say that people like Me and Chesterton have returned to orthodoxy is as much as to say that we have returned to bib and tucker.
1932 Amer. Econ. Rev. 22 112 Unregenerate neo-orthodoxy has made a break with old methods inevitable.
1952 Britannica Bk. of Year 666/2 Neo-orthodoxy, certain new interpretations, especially on original sin, the righteousness of God, and the Bible as a source of revealed religious truth to which man must respond in every situation by a decision involving obedience or disobedience.
1979 Systematic Zool. 28 78 Frequent citation of their opinions has contributed to the development of a neo-orthodoxy that attributes little importance to gene flow as a cohesive force.
1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 Apr. 49/4 The religious neo-orthodoxy of the post-World War II university has long since evaporated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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