nonconformism

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The town has a long history of Nonconformism, a form of Protestantism that dissents from the established Church of England, but modern-day Lewes seems more attached to the trappings of sectarianism than its reality.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2016

I believe that American Protestantism and British Nonconformism have their greatest task still ahead of them and that that task is nearer home than Islam.

From Time Magazine Archive

At a time when most British churches are all but empty, City Temple, the "Cathedral of Nonconformism," often has overflow crowds.

From Time Magazine Archive

Was not Nonconformism itself largely a popular protest against the harsh treatment of the poor at the hand of the established Church?

From Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz