orthodoxy

ortho|doxy /'ɔːrθədɒksi/ (orthodoxies)
1 [N-VAR]
An orthodoxy is an accepted view about something.
These ideas rapidly became the new orthodoxy in linguistics...
What was once a novel approach had become orthodoxy.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] also N in pl
The old, traditional beliefs of a religion, political party, or philosophy can be referred to as orthodoxy.
...a conflict between Nat's religious orthodoxy and Rube's belief that his mission is to make money.

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