Nonconformists Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Nonconformists

weirdoes
(Slang) A person or thing that is weird, strange, odd, bizarre, etc.
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renegades
An outlaw; a rebel.
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rebels
A Confederate soldier.
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radicals
A fundamental
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oddballs
An eccentric or unusual person.
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hippies
(In the 1960s; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who ascribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.
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eccentrics
(Physics) A disk or wheel having its axis of revolution displaced from its center so that it is capable of imparting reciprocating motion.
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dissenters
A British Protestant who does not belong to the Anglican Church; Nonconformist
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beatniks
A person, especially a member or follower of the Beat Generation, whose behavior, views, and often style of dress are pointedly unconventional.
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dissidents
A person who formally opposes the current political structure, opposes the political group in power, opposes the policies of the political group in power, or opposes current laws.
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protesters
One who protests, either singly or in a public display of group feeling.
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malcontents
One who rebels against the established system:
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loners
One who prefers to be independent of others, as by living or working alone
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iconoclasts
One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.
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separatists
A person who advocates political, religious, or racial separation
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sectaries
A sectarian.
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heretics
Someone who, in the opinion of others, believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion he claims to belong to.
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Antonyms for Nonconformists

conformists
(Religion) In English history, people whose religious practices conformed with the requirements of the Act of Uniformity and so were in concert with the Established Church, the Church of England -- as opposed to those of Nonconformists whose practices were not acceptable to the Church of England.
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liberals
A supporter of any of several liberal parties.
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religions
The belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers, regarded as creating and governing the universe:
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Nonconformists Sentence Examples

  • He opposed the compelling of Protestant Nonconformists to take the oath required of Roman Catholics.

  • To the north of the village, which has extended greatly as a residential suburb of the metropolis, is Mill Hill, with a Roman Catholic Missionary College, opened in 1871, with branches at Rosendaal, Holland and Brixen, Austria, and a preparatory school at Freshfield near Liverpool; and a large grammar school founded by Nonconformists in 1807.

  • Complete toleration in fact was only extended to Protestant nonconformists, who composed the Cromwellian established church, and who now meted out to their antagonists the same treatment which they themselves were later to receive under the Clarendon Code of Charles II.

  • In the northern half of the district the Tatar element predominates (40,000) and there are a number of villages occupied by Russian Raskolniks (Nonconformists).

  • As it was, although Parker said that Grindal "was not resolute and severe enough for the government of London," his attempts to enforce the use of the surplice evoked angry protests, especially in 1565, when considerable numbers of the nonconformists were suspended; and Grindal of his own motion denounced Cartwright to the Council in 1570.

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