🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

正统

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhèngtǒng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
orthodoxy/ˈɔːrθəˌdɑːksi/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他的观点挑战了经济学的正统观念。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice.

    "He challenged the economic orthodoxy of the time."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late 16th century: from French ortodoxie or medieval Latin orthodoxia, from Greek orthodoxia, from orthodoxos 'opinionated', from orthos 'right' + doxa 'opinion'.

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