as in dissent
departure from a generally accepted theory, opinion, or practice
an artistic movement that doesn't tolerate nonconformity
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Recent Examples of nonconformity
The evidence suggests that gender nonconformity and diversity is wide and deep in America.
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Barbara J. Risman, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
Backlash to trans rights had swollen into one of the animating causes of the Republican Party, whose leaders were evangelizing the notion that gender nonconformity was a social contagion that targeted children and threatened to undermine civilization itself.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
Born in 1924, with a life forged in Italian anti-fascism, religious nonconformity, and artistic radicalism, Sapienza’s turbulent existence had the feel of a one-person prison fight itself, even if her name is not immediately recognizable to international audiences.
—David Katz, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Popularized in the 1950s by actors Audrey Hepburn and Jean Seberg as part of a visual rejection the long locks of their bombshell counterparts—and a want of European sophistication—pixie cuts have remained a symbol of nonconformity.
—Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
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Barbara J. Risman, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
Backlash to trans rights had swollen into one of the animating causes of the Republican Party, whose leaders were evangelizing the notion that gender nonconformity was a social contagion that targeted children and threatened to undermine civilization itself.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
Born in 1924, with a life forged in Italian anti-fascism, religious nonconformity, and artistic radicalism, Sapienza’s turbulent existence had the feel of a one-person prison fight itself, even if her name is not immediately recognizable to international audiences.
—David Katz, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Popularized in the 1950s by actors Audrey Hepburn and Jean Seberg as part of a visual rejection the long locks of their bombshell counterparts—and a want of European sophistication—pixie cuts have remained a symbol of nonconformity.
—Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonconformity
dissent
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The conservative majority ruled 6-3 to overturn the ruling, with Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson also joining the dissent.—
Andrew Stanton
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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From that point forward, Kennedy pushed the people around him to question assumptions and voice dissent before major decisions.—
Lindsay Phillips,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Nonconformity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonconformity. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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