nonconformity

[non-kuhn-fawr-mi-tee] / ˌnɒn kənˈfɔr mɪ ti /

NOUN

belief, behavior different from most

Synonyms

STRONG

bohemianism breach denial disaffection disagreement disapprobation disapproval discordance disobedience dissent eccentricity exception heresy heterodoxy iconoclasm insubordination lawlessness negation nonacceptance noncompliance objection opposition originality recalcitrance recusancy rejection strangeness unconventionality uniqueness unorthodoxy unruliness veto violation

WEAK

contumaciousness mutinousness nonagreement nonconsent recusance transgressiveness

Antonyms

STRONG

acceptance agreement allowance approval concurrence endorsement harmony normality obedience observance orthodoxy peace permission ratification sanction usualness

WEAK

compliance conformity

Example Sentences

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What do you make of the scene from “Encounters at the End of the World” going viral, with people using the image of a penguin walking away from its colony as a symbol of nonconformity?

From The Wall Street Journal

This is the beginning of “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” Melville’s absurdist tale of work, agency and nonconformity.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was only a few months into his job as a custody deputy at the downtown jail in 2009 when he learned the price of nonconformity.

From Los Angeles Times

The filmmakers were aiming to call out the guardians of rigidity who see nonconformity as arrogance, regardless of whether it is or not.

From New York Times

But she stood apart in her adamant nonconformity.

From New York Times

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