Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The treatment of physical deformities by mechanical agency.

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Examples

  • In some measure this is attributable to the Church's quiet but momentous shift of emphasis from orthodoxy to "orthopraxis" since the Second Vatican Council.

    Revolution in the Church Sheehan, Thomas 1984

  • It is a theology more focused on "orthopraxis" (right living/practice) than "orthodoxy" (right doctrine).

    Ponderings on a Faith Journey 2010

  • Pakistani Muslim orthopraxis is diverse and contested -- but it is central to defining the lowest common denominator in Pakistan's issue-politics.

    Josh Mull: "Democratic Discourse": Reflections in the Pakistani Mirror 2010

  • Pakistani Muslim orthopraxis is diverse and contested -- but it is central to defining the lowest common denominator in Pakistan's issue-politics.

    Josh Mull: "Democratic Discourse": Reflections in the Pakistani Mirror 2010

  • - In my conception, orthodoxy and orthopraxis are both minor scales specifically, lines of development in a four scale/three axis model of Integral Spirituality.

    Speedlinking 8/3/07 William Harryman 2007

  • We often focus on orthodoxy (truth) or orthopraxis (goodness), but what would the right experience be?

    authentic experience Fred 2007

  • We often focus on orthodoxy (truth) or orthopraxis (goodness), but what would the right experience be?

    Archive 2007-12-01 Fred 2007

  • The roots of "orthodox", after all, are in "correct praising", so it's not a far reach to assume that orthopraxis will encourage orthodoxy.

    Archive 2005-06-01 Michelle 2005

  • The roots of "orthodox", after all, are in "correct praising", so it's not a far reach to assume that orthopraxis will encourage orthodoxy.

    Obedience, obligation and oblation Michelle 2005

  • Back to the idea of an evolutionary theology, UU-ism should take as its orthopraxis the idea of consensual creation of meaning and value over time, rather than on retrospective and retrograde references to Christianity, or humanism, for that matter.

    Philocrites: July 2002 Archives 2002

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  • 'right-living/practice'

    January 6, 2014

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