What's the difference between unorthodox and unorthodoxy?
Unorthodox
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) According to a new and still unorthodox principle, a syndrome may have a common psychodynamic denominator, shared by all or most carriers of the syndrome.
(2) Chelsea have an unorthodox way of gathering trophies but it is a successful one – and they will cherish this as one of their great nights.
(3) Connor Wickham started on the left, in an unorthodox role, but created plenty of problems for United’s defence in the first half yet, paradoxically, not so much after Keane came on to complete a vulnerable looking defence.
(4) In addition, we have discussed the genetic basis for so-called DR blanks, implying that an unorthodox combination of DR and DQ determinants forms the basis for difficulties in assigning DR types to such cells in some cases and that "blanks" can be associated with low expression at the cell surface of well-known DR determinants.
(5) Unorthodox sexual behavior, such as "fisting," has increased in frequency, as has sexual violence related to cults, such as satanism.
(6) What happened in the second half was unorthodox in many ways.
(7) For Hague, basking in unaccustomed praise for his "decisive action" in the Commons, this was the successful conclusion of a piece of unorthodox diplomacy – which subtly avoided the use of gunboats.
(8) Athlete Oscar Pistorius will be back in the glare of the world's media when his murder trial resumes on Monday but, in an unorthodox legal move, he will not be the first witness for his own defence.
(9) In a highly unorthodox move illustrating a rift between the party’s leader and its HQ bureaucracy, it was announced on Friday that Fisher would be suspended while the complaints were investigated and a report was submitted to the party’s national executive committee.
(10) Multivariate analyses suggest that the most cogent factors affecting teenage fathering include being black, going steady, and having unorthodox views about parenting outside of marriage.
(11) Physicians in developed nations with patients from Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa need to factor in the possibility of past or present lead intake from unorthodox sources such as kohl.
(12) The tumor had an exceptionally violent biological nature and did not respond to a variety of customary and unorthodox therapeutic measures.
(13) Lovren lost Daniel Agger and produced an unorthodox but firm header, so much so that Gerrard, standing at the near post, could not reach the attempt in time to clear.
(14) In contrast, we have demonstrated that a mesenchyme can be induced by a heterologous epithelium to synthesize in quantity a specific gene product(s) unorthodox to the organ from which the mesenchyme was taken.
(15) Today's proponents of unorthodox therapy are well-educated, media-conscious, and effective salespersons.
(16) It’s a question of political will and a state of mind.” Valls has styled himself as a reform-minded social democrat but his pro-business, unorthodox socialist politics – which have seen him likened to Tony Blair – have won him plenty of enemies inside the left of his party.
(17) Africa’s top oil producer, Nigeria, is facing pressure to devalue the naira , which has come under extreme pressure despite unorthodox monetary policies aimed at restricting the supply of dollars.
(18) 8.13am BST My colleague, David Smith, has previewed today's hearing , and what we can possibly expected from the first defence evidence: Pistorius will be back in the glare of the world's media when his murder trial resumes on Monday but, in an unorthodox legal move, he will not be the first witness for his own defence...
(19) Standing just 6ft and weighing a mere 13st 8lbs, his short reach of 71 inches and stubby arms forced him to develop the unorthodox method of springing towards his opponents in order to land his blows.
(20) Trump and his unorthodox presidential bid have so far survived a series of scandals that begin at the launch of his presidential campaign when he branded Mexicans who come to the US as criminals, drug dealers and rapists.
Unorthodoxy
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Too many of our neighbourhoods are not connected to the energy and can-do unorthodoxy that is propelling the city of Bristol into the 21st century.
(2) A report by Yellow Railroad in 2010 summed it up well : "The single strongest, overriding characteristic that unites and influences all aspects of Bristol's personality is the spirit of innovation, creativity and unorthodoxy" What role does Watershed play in connecting the organisations and creatives of Bristol?
(3) His speed and unorthodoxy bamboozled every contender, from rock-chinned plodders such as George Chuvalo to more brittle-skinned hopefuls such as Henry Cooper and Brian London, who entertained him briefly on his European sojourns.
(4) Holroyd describes how, a year before Germany invaded Soviet Russia and 18 months before the United States came into the war, Shaw inserted one passage “that sounded peculiarly Shavian in its prophetic unorthodoxy”, namely: “The friendship of Russia is vitally important to us just now.
(5) Indeed, his very unorthodoxy may account for the originality of his insights.
(6) Some of the churches attacked in the most recent wave of persecutions have been official and state-sanctioned members of the “ Three-Self” movement , a Protestant denomination that is meant to be entirely under government control (many of the churches have CCTV cameras facing the pulpits, to check the sermons for political unorthodoxy).
(7) 1950s: Tears Inside, from Tomorrow is the Question As the jazz world absorbs the death of Ornette Coleman , the accolades to an extraordinary musical pioneer naturally concentrate on his unorthodoxies – his weird wardrobe, his white, plastic alto sax, his often impenetrable explanations of his work, and primarily his radical impulse to break jazz free of the structures of pop songs and allow improvisers to evolve their own shared narratives in the passing moment.
(8) Despite the unorthodoxy of Valfells' points, he was actually making his argument from a position of some kind of strength in that he is a) Icelandic, and b) comes from a family with a history of running unofficial currencies.