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
Yet what distinguishes Bowles’s work—what animates those strange, angular sentences, with their unexpected rhythms and turns of phrase and rabid energy—isn’t its interest in nonconformity but its obsession with spiritual transformation.
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Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The character — and those punchlines — carry a different meaning today, as unpacked by this documentary about nonconformity and being seen.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In the postwar years, Malaparte claimed that his imprisonments by Mussolini were proof of his anti-Fascist credentials—or, at least, his irrepressible nonconformity.
—Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
For over a century, Greenwich Village has attracted Americans of all kinds with an interest in political activism and nonconformity.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2025
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Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The character — and those punchlines — carry a different meaning today, as unpacked by this documentary about nonconformity and being seen.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In the postwar years, Malaparte claimed that his imprisonments by Mussolini were proof of his anti-Fascist credentials—or, at least, his irrepressible nonconformity.
—Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
For over a century, Greenwich Village has attracted Americans of all kinds with an interest in political activism and nonconformity.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonconformity
dissent
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These actions are part of a sweeping anti-public strategy to undermine knowledge, suppress dissent and shift our culture toward a dangerous paradigm.—
Megan Thiele Strong,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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Beatty's lawyer, Nathaniel Zelinsky, said the White House has engaged in a pattern of trying to stifle dissent at meetings like the one scheduled for Monday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Nonconformity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonconformity. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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