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orthodoxy

 noun
     
or‧tho‧dox‧y plural orthodoxies
[uncountable and countable] an idea or set of ideas that is accepted by most people to be correct and right:
He challenged the political orthodoxy of his time.
These ideas have now become part of educational orthodoxy.
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