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Synonyms for non-conforming
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuhn-fawrm |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈfɔrm |
Top 10 synonyms for non-conforming
- absurd
- anti
- antipathetic
- antipodal
- antipodean
- balky
- bigoted
- clannish
- clashing
- cliquish
- contrariant
- contumacious
- converse
- counter
- crazy
- curious
- daft
- diametric
- different
- dissentient
- dissident
- doctrinaire
- dogmatic
- eccentric
- fanatic
- fanatical
- flaky
- froward
- headstrong
- hidebound
- independent
- individualistic
- insubordinate
- insular
- intractable
- kinky
- kooky
- limited
- local
- marching to the beat of a different drummer
- negative
- nonadhering
- noncompliant
- nonconforming
- nonconformist
- not tightly wrapped
- nuts
- nutty
- obstinate
- odd
- oddball
- off-center
- one's own sweet way
- opposed
- ornery
- out in left field
- outlandish
- paradoxical
- parochial
- partisan
- peculiar
- perverse
- provincial
- queer
- radical
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- recusant
- refractory
- restive
- reverse
- rigid
- schismatic
- schizo
- schizoid
- skeptical
- small-town
- splinter
- strange
- stubborn
- unconventional
- unorthodox
- unpredictable
- unruly
- wacky
- wayward
- weird
- wigged out
- wrongheaded
Définition of non-conforming
Origin :- also nonconforming, 1640s, from non- + conforming (see conform). Originally with reference to churches.
- As in nonconforming : adj nonobservant
- As in sectarian : adj narrow-minded, exclusive
- As in iconoclastic : adj skeptical
- As in off the wall : adj bizarrely unusual
- As in contrary : adj antagonistic; opposite
- Laud succeeded in hunting the non-conforming Puritans from their lectureships and chaplaincies.
- Extract from : « The Beginners of a Nation » by Edward Eggleston.
- No non-conforming sects disturb his reign, For of his yoke, there's very few complain.
- Extract from : « The True-Born Englishman » by Daniel Defoe
- Her offence was harboring a non-conforming minister named Hicks.
- Extract from : « The Every Day Book of History and Chronology » by Joel Munsell
- Every non-conforming measure is unquestionably affected by the prevailing type of the rhythmical sequence in which it occurs.
- Extract from : « Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 » by Various
Antonyms for non-conforming
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