ortodoxia
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin orthodoxia, from Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξία (orthodoxía, “right opinion”). By surface analysis, ortodoxo + -ia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌoʁ.to.dokˈsi.ɐ/ [ˌoh.to.dokˈsi.ɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌoɾ.to.dokˈsi.ɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌoʁ.to.dokˈsi.ɐ/ [ˌoχ.to.dokˈsi.ɐ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˌoɻ.to.dokˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌoʁ.to.dokˈsi.a/ [ˌoh.to.dokˈsi.a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɔɾ.tɔ.dɔˈksi.ɐ/ [ˌɔɾ.tɔ.ðɔˈksi.ɐ]
- Hyphenation: or‧to‧do‧xi‧a
Noun
ortodoxia f (plural ortodoxias)
- (religion) orthodoxy (correctness in doctrine and belief)
- Antonyms: heterodoxia, inortodoxia
- (uncountable, Christianity) Orthodoxy (the Eastern Orthodox Church and its foundations)
Related terms
Further reading
- “ortodoxia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “ortodoxia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “ortodoxia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “ortodoxia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin orthodoxia, from Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξία (orthodoxía, “right opinion”). By surface analysis, ortodoxo + -ia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɾtoˈdoɡsja/ [oɾ.t̪oˈð̞oɣ̞.sja]
- Rhymes: -oɡsja
- Syllabification: or‧to‧do‧xia
Noun
ortodoxia f (plural ortodoxias)
- (religion) orthodoxy (correctness in doctrine and belief)
- Antonyms: heterodoxia, inortodoxia
- (Christianity) Orthodoxy (the Eastern Orthodox Church and its foundations)
Related terms
Further reading
- “ortodoxia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025