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Meanings of anticonformism in English

Russian
нонконформизм
Portuguese
inconformismo
Spanish
anticonformismo
Catalan
anticonformisme

Behaviour or attitude that does not conform to the norms of a group.

      нонконформизм
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      Examples for "nonconformity"
      Examples for "nonconformity"
      1
      John Lothrop, of Scituate, who had been imprisoned in England for nonconformity.
      Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
      2
      The young tremble even more than the old at the penalties of nonconformity.
      On Compromise
      3
      It was congenial territory for Gold, in its treatment of nonconformity.
      The Guardian
      4
      The young convention-breaker eventually finds that he pays too heavily for his nonconformity.
      English Prose / A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion an...
      5
      Mrs. Lovegrove arose with alacrity, retail trade and nonconformity alike forgiven.
      The Far Horizon
      1
      Among the churches non-conformity began more decidedly to assume the form of secession.
      The Beginnings of New England / Or the Puritan Theocracy in its ...
      2
      In fact, when women become enlightened, non-conformity to fashion will be all the fashion.
      A Domestic Problem : Work and Culture in the Household
      3
      But those who embrace its non-conformity will be richly rewarded.
      News.com.au
      4
      These calls for non-conformity and the acceptance of difference were becoming more and more strident.
      The Guardian
      5
      Most striking were their high scores for impulsive non-conformity and introverted personality traits, the researchers said.
      Reuters
      1
      Vegetarians-peoplewho choose not to eat meat even when it's available-havealways been comfortable with their nonconformism.
      Before you know kindness
      2
      Plenty of people felt that way, and Provincetown is a place I really associate with that kind of nonconformism.
      The new yorker
      3
      He wants to infiltrate the suburbs through the free market, and to infect them from within, spreading beauty and nonconformism among the dumb boxes.
      The Guardian
      4
      He credits his nonconformism ("I'm the weirdest person here," he laughs) and his self-assurance to his mum, an estate agent who had him at 18.
      The Guardian
      5
      Neither does it gloss over Swift's hatred and intolerance of "Popery" and of Nonconformism.
      The Irish Times
      1
      His non-conformism has come at a price.
      The Guardian
      2
      Of Baptists, Methodists, and others there are numerous sects, which in England would be frowned upon as various forms of ludicrous non-conformism.
      Children of the Market Place
      3
      Bellamy added that the broadcasting landscape he described left Channel 4 as the "sole guardian of non-conformism and provocation on Britain's most powerful cultural medium".
      The Guardian