orthodoxy
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If appointed cabinet secretary, Dame Antonia is not a civil servant who would hide in the shadows and her supporters say she is a "disrupter" who can challenge Whitehall orthodoxy.
From BBC
It’s a break with decades of Beijing’s orthodoxy that China’s economic success depended on selling low-cost goods to American consumers and building its technological might with U.S. money and know-how.
But others buck the orthodoxy, arguing that the candidates need to show they have a message that resonates with Californians.
From Los Angeles Times
The spread of this new orthodoxy shouldn’t be surprising, for as the author notes, “insatiability is a defining feature of moral crusades. As crusaders achieve victories, they expand the scope of their crusade.”
While this dynamic accurately describes the Third Reich, it has hardened into an orthodoxy that governs how information is interpreted and how moral categories are assigned.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.