'Nonconformity' definitions:
Definition of 'nonconformity'
(from WordNet)
noun
Lack of harmony or correspondence
noun
A lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs [syn: nonconformity, nonconformism, nonconformance] [ant: conformism, conformity]
noun
Unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values
noun
Failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior [syn: nonconformity, nonconformance] [ant: abidance, compliance, conformation, conformity]
Definition of 'Nonconformity'
From: GCIDE
- Nonconformity \Non*con*form"i*ty\, n. Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nonconformity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberration,
- abnormality,
- agreement to disagree,
- alienage,
- alienation,
- alienism,
- ambiguity,
- ambivalence,
- anomaly,
- antagonism,
- antinomy,
- antipathy,
- apostasy,
- asymmetry,
- backlash,
- capriciousness,
- changeability,
- changeableness,
- choppiness,
- circuitousness,
- civil disobedience,
- clashing,
- collision,
- conceit,
- conflict,
- confutation,
- contradiction,
- contraposition,
- contrariety,
- contrast,
- counter-culture,
- counteraction,
- counterposition,
- counterworking,
- crackpotism,
- crank,
- crankiness,
- crankism,
- crosswiseness,
- crotchet,
- crotchetiness,
- dappleness,
- declination,
- default,
- deflection,
- deflexure,
- delinquency,
- departure,
- dereliction,
- deviance,
- deviancy,
- deviation,
- deviousness,
- diagonality,
- difference,
- differentiation,
- differentness,
- digression,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disagreement,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- disconformity,
- discongruity,
- discordance,
- discrepancy,
- discreteness,
- disobedience,
- disorder,
- disparity,
- disproportion,
- disproportionateness,
- disregard,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- dissidence,
- dissimilarity,
- dissonance,
- distinction,
- distinctiveness,
- distinctness,
- divagation,
- divarication,
- divergence,
- divergency,
- diversification,
- diversity,
- dottiness,
- dropping out,
- eccentricity,
- egohood,
- equivocality,
- erraticism,
- erraticness,
- excursion,
- exteriority,
- extraneousness,
- extrinsicality,
- failure,
- far cry,
- freakishness,
- friction,
- frowardness,
- heresy,
- heterodoxy,
- heterogeneity,
- human factor,
- identity,
- idiocrasy,
- idiosyncrasy,
- inaccordance,
- inattention,
- incoherence,
- incommensurability,
- incompatibility,
- incongruity,
- inconsistency,
- inconsonance,
- inconstancy,
- indirection,
- indirectness,
- indiscipline,
- individualism,
- individuality,
- indocility,
- inequality,
- infraction,
- infringement,
- inharmoniousness,
- inharmony,
- inobservance,
- instability,
- insubordination,
- integrity,
- interference,
- intractability,
- intrusion,
- irreconcilability,
- irregularity,
- jerkiness,
- kick,
- kink,
- lawbreaking,
- lawlessness,
- laxity,
- maggot,
- mannerism,
- mercuriality,
- minority opinion,
- misbelief,
- mixture,
- motleyness,
- mutability,
- naughtiness,
- neglect,
- negligence,
- nominalism,
- nonadherence,
- nonagreement,
- nonassent,
- nonassimilation,
- noncompliance,
- nonconcurrence,
- nonconformability,
- nonconformance,
- nonconformism,
- nonconsent,
- noncooperation,
- nonfeasance,
- nonfulfillment,
- nonobedience,
- nonobservance,
- nonperformance,
- nonstandardization,
- nonuniformity,
- obliqueness,
- obliquity,
- oddity,
- odds,
- omission,
- oneness,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- otherness,
- oversight,
- oxymoron,
- paradox,
- particularism,
- particularity,
- passive resistance,
- peculiarity,
- personal equation,
- personal identity,
- personality,
- personship,
- pluralism,
- queerness,
- quip,
- quirk,
- quirkiness,
- raggedness,
- reaction,
- recalcitrance,
- recoil,
- recusance,
- recusancy,
- rejection,
- renitency,
- repercussion,
- repudiation,
- repugnance,
- resistance,
- revolt,
- schism,
- secession,
- self-contradiction,
- self-identity,
- selfhood,
- selfness,
- separateness,
- singularity,
- skewness,
- slight,
- soul,
- squint,
- strangeness,
- swimming upstream,
- transgression,
- transverseness,
- trick,
- twist,
- un-Scripturality,
- unauthenticity,
- unauthoritativeness,
- uncanonicalness,
- unconformability,
- unconformism,
- unconformity,
- unconventionality,
- uncooperativeness,
- underground,
- unduteousness,
- undutifulness,
- unevenness,
- uniqueness,
- unlikeness,
- unnaturalness,
- unobservance,
- unorthodoxness,
- unorthodoxy,
- unsoundness,
- unsteadiness,
- unsubmissiveness,
- vagary,
- variability,
- variance,
- variation,
- variegation,
- variety,
- variousness,
- versatility,
- violation,
- wavering,
- waywardness,
- whim,
- whimsicality,
- whimsy,
- willful disobedience,
- withdrawal