nonconformity

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Refusal to conform to the doctrine, discipline, or practice of a state religion, especially refusal by other Protestants to conform to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England; the principles or practice of nonconformists; nonconformists as a class.
2. (countable, uncountable) Rejection of, or failure to conform to, a practice, standard, rule, or law.
3. (countable, uncountable) A type of unconformity in which a non-sedimentary rock intrudes in sedimentary layers.

Opposite of

conformity

Synonyms

nonconformance

nonconformism

sectarianism

disinclination

dissension

dissent

dissidence

hesitancy

heterodoxy

insubordination

intractability

involuntariness

noncompliance

unconformity

unwillingness

variance

recusancy

difference

angular unconformity

disagreement

discord

Translations

non-conformité

Nonkonformität

αιρετικότητα

mangelnde Übereinstimmung

Nichtkonformität

αιρετικότης

διαφωνία

ετεροδοξία

μη συμμόρφωση

αναντιστοιχία

anticonformisme

non-conformisme

nonconformismo

discordância

Etymology

From non- + conformity.