nonconformity
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This is the beginning of “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” Melville’s absurdist tale of work, agency and nonconformity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
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 ● Sep. 14, 2025
These included books like Uncle Bobby’s Wedding and My Rainbow—stories that portray same-sex couples, gender nonconformity, and affirming representations of queer families.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2025
His fictional character, a hyperactive, bow-tied man-child, provided subversive messages about nonconformity in films such as “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” and his classic Saturday morning TV show, “Pee-wee’s Playhouse.”
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025
Odd values—unthinking school spirit, proms, jockhood—are exalted, while the best values—free thinking, nonconformity, curiosity—are ridiculed.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
Vocabulary lists containing nonconformity
100 SAT Words Beginning with "N"
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Selection Vocabulary 3, Unit 1
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This Week In Culture, July 18–24, 2020
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