nonconformity
1. lack of harmony or correspondence • Hypernyms: disagreement 2. a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs • Syn: nonconformism, nonconformance • Ant: conformism (for: nonconformism), conformity • Derivationally related forms: nonconformist (for: nonconformism) • Hypernyms: unorthodoxy, heterodoxy, heresy 3. unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values • Hypernyms: unorthodoxy, heterodoxy 4. failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior • Syn: nonconformance • Ant: conformity • Hypernyms: failure • Hyponyms: nonobservance
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