nonconformity
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Definition of nonconformity
1a : failure or refusal to conform to an established church
b often capitalized : the movement or principles of English Protestant dissent
c often capitalized : the body of English Nonconformists
2 : refusal to conform to an established or conventional creed, rule, or practice
3 : absence of agreement or correspondence
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Synonyms & Antonyms for nonconformity
Synonyms
dissent, dissidence, heresy, heterodoxy
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Under Nazi rule, the remedies for nonconformity were separation, torture and murder. — Kate Tuttle, latimes.com, "Hans Asperger's complex Nazi history," 15 June 2018 That whole book is about nonconformity and about rejecting being the same. — Fox News, "Trump slams 'disgraceful' leak of Mueller questions," 2 May 2018 Quinn's intimate riffs on that struggle find their integrity through nonconformity, through blur and torque, through sensual tumult and honest contradiction. — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, "Like song sampling as painting: Nathaniel Mary Quinn's puzzle-like portraits of personhood," 6 June 2018 For some, facial feminization is seen as bolstering restrictive stereotypes while stigmatizing gender nonconformity. — Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, "The Story of a Trans Woman’s Face," 12 Mar. 2018 But the medical community used other terms in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as the DSM, to pathologize gender nonconformity, including transsexualism and gender identity disorder. — Emanuella Grinberg, CNN, "What is medically necessary treatment for gender-affirming health care?," 31 May 2018 Tea’s reporting from Camp Trans is the opposite of the broad and ignorant way that gender nonconformity is written about in mainstream news outlets. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, "The Big, Bad Truth of Michelle Tea," 16 May 2018 Accordingly, Uranian energy is defined by eccentricity, nonconformity, and extremes. — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, "What Uranus’s Astrological Transit Into Taurus Means for Your Finances," 10 May 2018 Monáe’s muse is nonconformity, but almost more as a concept than a practice. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "The Cheerful Radicalism of Janelle Monáe," 28 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nonconformity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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nonconformity
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English Language Learners Definition of nonconformity
: failure or refusal to behave the way most people behave : failure or refusal to conform
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Legal Definition of nonconformity
1 : failure to conform to or comply with something (as contract requirements) a lessee may revoke acceptance of a lot…whose nonconformity substantially impairs its value — Uniform Commercial Code
2 : a particular aspect in which something is nonconforming cannot revoke an acceptance he made with knowledge of a nonconformity— J. J. White and R. S. Summers
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