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neo-orthodoxy

neo-orthodoxy noun: a theological movement developed in the aftermath of World War I, largely a reaction against doctrines of 19th-century liberal theology and a reevaluation of the teachings of the Reformation.

Noun (1)

neo-orthodoxy (uncountable)

  1. A theological movement developed in the aftermath of World War I, largely a reaction against doctrines of 19th-century liberal theology and a reevaluation of the teachings of the Reformation.

Noun (2) capitalized: Neo-Orthodoxy

Neo-Orthodoxy (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of neo-orthodoxy.

Noun (3) capitalized: Neo-orthodoxy

Neo-orthodoxy (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of neo-orthodoxy.

Forms of neo-orthodoxy

alternative formNeoorthodoxy
alternative formNeo-Orthodoxy
alternative formNeo-orthodoxy

Origin of neo-orthodoxy

From neo- + orthodoxy.

Questions about neo-orthodoxy

What does neo-orthodoxy mean?
Neo-orthodoxy means a theological movement developed in the aftermath of World War I, largely a reaction against doctrines of 19th-century liberal theology and a reevaluation of the teachings of the Reformation.
What part of speech is neo-orthodoxy?
Neo-orthodoxy is a noun.

Words near neo-orthodoxy in the dictionary

  1. neo-noirs
  2. neo-objectivism
  3. neo-Objectivist
  4. neo-Objectivists
  5. Neo-orthodox
  6. neo-orthodoxy
  7. neo-Ottoman
  8. neo-Ottomanism
  9. neo-Ottomanist
  10. neo-pagan
  11. neo-paganism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neo-orthodoxy (page history and authors); Neo-Orthodoxy (page history and authors); Neo-orthodoxy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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