Nonconformity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Refusal or failure to conform to accepted standards, conventions, rules, or laws.
  • n. An instance of this: a measure aimed at reducing nonconformities to the housing code.
  • n. Refusal to accept or conform to the doctrines, usage, or polity of the Church of England.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. rejection of or the failure to conform, especially to standards, rules, or laws
  • n. the refusal to adhere to a state religion
  • n. A type of unconformity in which a non-sedimentary rock intrudes in sedimentary layers.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Neglect or failure to conform, especially to some ecclesiastical law or requirement.
  • n. Specifically, in eccles. usage:
  • n. The refusal to conform to the rites, tenets, or polity of an established or state church, and especially of the Church of England.
  • n. The doctrines or usages of those English Protestants who do not conform to or unite with the Church of England.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. lack of harmony or correspondence
  • n. a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
  • n. unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values
  • n. failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disagreement    unorthodoxy    heterodoxy    heresy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    conformity    deformity    enormity    uniformity   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    proselytization    heterodoxy    preciosity    discomposure    extremism   
     
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