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Meanings of nonconformism in English

A lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs.

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      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
      Usage of nonconformism in English
      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
      6
      Was not Nonconformism itself largely a popular protest against the harsh treatment of the poor at the hand of the established Church?
      Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
      Nonconformism through the time