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Synonyms for non-conformity
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : non-kuh n-fawr-mi-tee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌnɒn kənˈfɔr mɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for non-conformity Other synonyms for the word non-conformity
- aberration
- agnosticism
- allowance
- alteration
- anomalism
- antithesis
- apostasy
- asymmetry
- atheism
- bad vibes
- bohemianism
- bone
- bone of contention
- bone to pick
- breach
- caprice
- capriciousness
- change
- characteristic
- clinker
- conflict
- contention
- contrariety
- contrariness
- contrast
- contumaciousness
- creative spirit
- creativity
- defection
- defiance
- denial
- departure
- deviation
- difference
- digression
- disaccord
- disaffection
- disagreement
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- disbelief
- discongruity
- discordance
- discrepance
- discrepancy
- disharmony
- disobedience
- disparity
- dispeace
- dispensation
- dispute
- dissemblance
- dissent
- dissidence
- dissimilarity
- dissimilitude
- distinction
- divarication
- divergence
- divergency
- diversity
- eccentricity
- error
- exception
- excess
- exemption
- fallacy
- far cry
- feud
- flak
- foible
- freak
- freakishness
- freshness
- hassle
- heresy
- hereticism
- heterodoxy
- heterogeneity
- iconoclasm
- idiocrasy
- idiosyncrasy
- imagination
- imaginativeness
- impiety
- inconsistency
- individuality
- inequality
- infidelity
- ingeniousness
- ingenuity
- innovation
- innovativeness
- insubordination
- insurgence
- insurgency
- insurrection
- invention
- inventiveness
- irregularity
- kink
- lawlessness
- laxity
- looseness
- malformation
- malfunction
- misbelief
- modernity
- mutinousness
- mutiny
- negation
- new idea
- newness
- nonacceptance
- nonagreement
- noncompliance
- nonconcurrence
- nonconformism
- nonconformity
- nonconsent
- nope
- novelty
- objection
- oddity
- oddness
- opposition
- originality
- outlandishness
- paganism
- particularity
- peculiarity
- perquisitor
- poles apart
- privilege
- privileged person
- protest
- queerness
- quirk
- quirkiness
- rarity
- recalcitrance
- recusance
- recusancy
- refusal
- rejection
- resistance
- resourcefulness
- revisionism
- revolt
- revolution
- rising
- rupture
- schism
- sectarianism
- secularism
- sedition
- separateness
- separation
- sin
- singularity
- sour note
- spat
- spirit
- split
- strangeness
- strife
- transgressiveness
- unconformity
- unconventionality
- uniqueness
- unlikeness
- unorthodoxness
- unorthodoxy
- unruliness
- uprising
- variance
- variation
- variety
- veto
- violation
- waywardness
- weirdness
- whimsicality
- whimsicalness
Définition of non-conformity
Origin :- also nonconformity, 1610s, coined in English from non- + conformity. Originally of Church of England clergymen who refused to conform on certain ceremonies.
- As in nonconformity : noun belief, behavior different from most
- As in originality : noun creativeness
- As in rebellion : noun disobedience; revolt
- As in irregularity : noun something that is irregular
- As in insurgence : noun rebellion
- As in insurgency : noun rebellion
- As in quirkiness : noun eccentricity
- As in singularity : noun eccentricity
- As in unlikeness : noun difference
- As in difference : noun dissimilarity, distinctness
- As in dissent : noun disagreement, disapproval
- As in dissidence : noun difference of opinion
- As in eccentricity : noun bizarreness, unusualness
- As in exception : noun special case; irregularity
- As in heresy : noun unorthodox opinion, especially in religious matters
- “And that price of non-conformity is too high,” he completed steadily.
- Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
- Prosecutions for non-conformity were enforced with the utmost severity.
- Extract from : « The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. » by Hartley Withers
- The foibles of their youth are still to be traced in faulting and non-conformity.
- Extract from : « In the Open » by Stanton Davis Kirkham
- He removed to Boston in May, 1644, being probably one of those who were driven away from Virginia for non-conformity.
- Extract from : « History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia » by Charles Campbell
- He was ordered before the Bishop, Dec. 12, 1631, to answer for his non-conformity.
- Extract from : « The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America » by Theodore de la Guard
- Mr. Robinson had left England as early as 1608, on account of the persecutions for non-conformity, and had retired to Holland.
- Extract from : « Daniel Webster for Young Americans » by Daniel Webster
- He told them he would have none of their non-conformity, he would "make them conform or harry them out of the land."
- Extract from : « The Greatest English Classic » by Cleland Boyd McAfee
- But he was not above a year here until the bishop of Down suspended him and Mr. Blair for non-conformity.
- Extract from : « Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) » by John Howie
- Virtue in relation to opinion consists neither in conformity nor non-conformity, but in sincere beliefs, and in living up to them.
- Extract from : « The Principles Of Secularism » by George Jacob Holyoake
- He exacted a rigid conformity to his rules of non-conformity and his scepticism had the absolute accent of a dogma.
- Extract from : « The Reef » by Edith Wharton
Antonyms for non-conformity
- acceptance
- accord
- admittal
- admittance
- agreement
- alikeness
- allowance
- approval
- assent
- authorization
- being
- belief
- calm
- commonality
- compatibility
- compliance
- concurrence
- conformity
- consent
- custom
- dullness
- endorsement
- equality
- friendship
- habit
- harmony
- inclusion
- likeness
- normalcy
- normality
- obedience
- observance
- orthodoxy
- peace
- permission
- ratification
- reality
- regularity
- regularness
- rule
- sameness
- sanction
- similarity
- standard
- submission
- subordination
- uniformity
- usual
- usualness
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