The persecuted Arians thought of themselves as making a last brave stand against irrationalist mystery-mongers and their rigid orthodoxies. |
The regulator stressed the importance of broadcasters being able to challenge orthodoxies. |
No-one should argue against teaching future citizens to think critically and to subject orthodoxies and truisms to rigorous examination. |
His ideas themselves went against the dirigiste orthodoxies of his age and discipline, and earned him much disdain and opprobrium. |
Far too much contemporary film criticism, whether journalistic or academic, is bedeviled by equally odorous orthodoxies. |
The practice of politics is based on rigid orthodoxies that defy empirical testing. |