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nonconformity Definition

non·con·form·ity (-kən fôrm′ə tē)

noun

  1. failure or refusal to act in conformity with generally accepted beliefs and practices
  2. refusal to accept the doctrines or follow the practices of the Anglican Church
  3. lack of agreement or harmony

  • noncongealing
  • noncongenital
  • noncongestion
  • non-Congressional
  • nonconnective
  • nonconscious
  • nonconsecutive
  • nonconsent
  • nonconservative
  • nonconstitutional
  • nonconstructive
  • noncontagious
  • noncontemporary
  • noncontentious
  • noncontiguous
  • noncontinental
  • noncontinuance
  • noncontinuous
  • noncontraband
  • noncontradiction
  • noncontradictory
  • noncontributing
  • noncontributory
  • noncontrollable
  • noncontrolled
  • noncontroversial
  • nonconventional
  • nonconvergent
  • nonconvertible
  • nonconviction

nonconformity Synonyms

nonconformity

n.

dissent, opposition, contumaciousness, lawlessness, transgressiveness, heresy, heterodoxy, recusance, violation, breach of custom, denial, unorthodoxy, iconoclasm, uniqueness, strangeness, disobedience, unruliness, mutinousness, insubordination, recalcitrance, noncompliance, unconventionality, originality, Bohemianism, disagreement, recusancy, contumacy, obstinacy, refusal, refusing, nonagreement, disaffection, discordance, disapproval, nonconsent, rejection, nonacceptance, negation, disapprobation, opposition, objection, exception, veto, nonobservance; see also individuality 1.

nonconformity Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • Protestant: Protestant nonconformity has also been well-represented over the years.
  • Welsh: The Anglican Church, true to its evil traditions, cast out the Revivalists, and Welsh Nonconformity was born.
  • religious: Historians with left-of-centre outlooks preferred to research early trade unions or religious nonconformity.
  • protestant: PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY TO 1689 Some separatist congregations of the early 17th century ( fn.
  • evangelical: The extent of popular support for Evangelical Nonconformity is evident in the unique religious census of 1851 of England and Wales.
  • early: Traditional approaches to early Nonconformity have divided its history at the Toleration Act of 1689.