Literary notes about unorthodox (AI summary)
In literature, the word unorthodox is often employed to signal a deviation from conventional norms, whether that be in behavior, thought, or artistic approach. Writers use it to cast light on methods that challenge tradition, such as a trick learned from an unlikely source [1] or a distinctive personal belief that defies accepted standards [2, 3]. It can describe innovative tactics in diverse fields—from unique campaign strategies [4] to unusual scientific methods [5]—and serves as a marker of nonconformity in social or religious contexts [6, 7]. In doing so, the term enriches narratives by drawing attention to characters or ideas that break away from the expected, underscoring both the creativity and the potential controversy of straying from orthodoxy [8, 9].
- This unorthodox trick was taught us by the neighborhood handy man whose praises we sang earlier.
— from If You're Going to Live in the Country by Thomas H. (Thomas Hamilton) Ormsbee - His theoretical views of marriage were still unorthodox; he held at least that "the institution might with advantage admit of certain modifications."
— from Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle by Henry Noel Brailsford - He had to seal his mouth on the subject, however, for to express an unorthodox opinion was a dangerous matter in those days in the Land of the Saints.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle - He wished to win victories with the smallest possible loss of men, and he thought out his unorthodox plans of campaign with that in view.
— from The Soul of John Brown by Stephen Graham - I sat and thought, and though this is an unorthodox way for a scientist to proceed, I profited by it.
— from Greener Than You Think by Ward Moore - Some of the clergy, believing Mr. M'Allister's opinion to be unorthodox, publicly denounced the Institution.
— from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 02 (of 14), 1899 by Mississippi Historical Society - On this plea, Peter Damica, St. Bernard, and many other saints who have spoken boldly against abuses in the church should be considered as unorthodox.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 06, October, 1867 to March, 1868. by Various - At the same time he was already feeling the urge to express himself in a bolder and more unorthodox style of writing.
— from Serge Prokofieff and His Orchestral Music by Louis Leopold Biancolli - With them German meant much the same as unorthodox, and unorthodox was enough at that time to taboo a man at Oxford.
— from My Autobiography: A Fragment by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
