Nonconformity synonyms

nŏn'kən-fôr'mĭ-tē

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dissent
The rendering of a minority opinion in the decision of a law case
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contumaciousness
The property of being contumacious.
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lawlessness
Defiance of the law; outlawry
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transgressiveness
The state or condition of being transgressive.
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heresy
The holding of any such belief or opinion
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heterodoxy
The quality or fact of being heterodox
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recusance
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violation
The act of breaching the law; contravening a duty or right.
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breach of custom
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denial
A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or allegation; a contradiction.
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unorthodoxy
Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox
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iconoclasm
The actions or beliefs of an iconoclast
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uniqueness
The state or quality of being unique or one-of-a-kind.
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strangeness
(Physics) A quantum property of strange quarks and of hadrons that contain strange quarks that is conserved in electromagnetic and strong interactions, but may not be conserved in weak interactions that cause the decay of strange hadrons.
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disobedience
Refusal to obey.
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unruliness
The state of being unruly.
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mutinousness
The state or condition of being mutinous.
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insubordination
The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.
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recalcitrance
The state of being recalcitrant.
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noncompliance
The state or condition of failing or refusing to comply
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unconventionality
The state of being unconventional.
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originality
The quality or condition of being original
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bohemianism
Alternative capitalization of Bohemianism.
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disagreement
A conflict or difference of opinion.
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recusancy
The state of being a recusant; nonconformity.
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contumacy
The willful disobedience of a court’s direction, order, or summons or any other disrespectful or disruptive conduct that would justify a finding of contempt.
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obstinacy
Stubbornness
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refusal
Rejection of goods or denial of services to which a person is entitled; not completing a contract by either non-acceptance or nonpayment for goods or services; a chance to accept or reject something before any one else is offered that chance; the privilege of being afforded such a chance, also known as the right of first refusal.
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refusing
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nonagreement
Absence of agreement; disagreement, discord.
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discordance
The state or an instance of disagreement; discord.
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disapproval
The act of disapproving, an expression of condemnation.
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nonconsent
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rejection
(Sports) a blocked shot
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negation
A denial, contradiction, or negative statement.
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disapprobation
An act or expression of condemnation or disapproval, especially on moral grounds.
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opposition
Any person, group, or thing that opposes
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objection
(Law) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
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exception
(Law) An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
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veto
The power of the President to refuse to sign a bill passed by Congress, preventing it from becoming law unless it is passed again (with a two-thirds majority) by both houses
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nonobservance
Failure or refusal to observe, as a religious custom or holiday.
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individuality (related)
The sum of the characteristics or qualities that set one person or thing apart from others; individual character
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anomaly
The definition of an anomaly is a person or thing that has an abnormality or strays from common rules or methods.
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dissidence
The state of being dissident; dissent
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peculiarity
An eccentricity; an idiosyncrasy.
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obedience (antonym)
The quality or condition of being obedient.
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orthodoxy (antonym)
The quality or state of being orthodox.
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conformity (antonym)
The definition of conformity is similarity or harmony, or the following of rules and social norms.
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compliance (antonym)
The act of complying with a wish, request, or demand; acquiescence.
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nonconformance
Failure to conform.
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nonconformism
(Often initial capital letter) a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England; dissenter.
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puritanism (related)
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congregationalism (related)
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nonconformist (related)
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protestantism (related)
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presbyterianism (related)
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anti-catholicism (related)
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roman-catholicism (related)
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lollardy (related)
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anticlericalism (related)
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Nonconformity Sentence Examples

  • Independency, like Nonconformity, is primarily a negative term.

  • Erskine had little interest in the "historical criticism" of Christianity, and regarded as the only proper criterion of its truth its conformity or nonconformity with man's spiritual nature, and its adaptability or non-adaptability to man's spiritual needs.

  • He was ejected for Nonconformity in 1662, and was so affected by the sight of the devastation caused by the great fire of London that he died shortly afterwards, on the 29th of October 1666.

  • The Manchester Education Union and the Birmingham Education League had already formulated in the provinces the two opposing theories, the former standing for the preservation of denominational interests, the latter advocating secular rate-aided education as the only means of protecting Nonconformity against the Church.

  • Rees, History of Protestant Nonconformity (1861).

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