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nonconformist
[ non-kuhn-fawr-mist ]
noun
- a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
Synonyms: , , ,
- (often initial capital letter) a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England; dissenter.
Nonconformist
1/ ˌɒəˈɔːɪ /
noun
- a member of a Protestant denomination that dissents from an Established Church, esp the Church of England
adjective
- of, relating to, or denoting Nonconformists
nonconformist
2/ ˌɒəˈɔːɪ /
noun
- a person who does not conform to generally accepted patterns of behaviour or thought
adjective
- of or characterized by behaviour that does not conform to generally accepted patterns
Derived Forms
- ˌDzԳDzˈڴǰٲ, noun
- ˌԴDzԳDzˈڴǰ, noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of nonconformist1
Example Sentences
I’m refreshed by how nonconformist the format of the record is.
But Tyler, ever the nonconformist, released his eighth studio album at 06:00 EST on Monday, three days after the week's chart tracking began.
If you want to turn heads and keep warm this fall, look to the ultimate nonconformist, Rick Owens, for a chic solution with this dust gray knit bodysuit.
Her depictions of their habits and foibles are laced with considerable wit — and subjective assessments: “rascally” California scrub jays, “voracious” Townsend’s warblers, “solitary nonconformist” hermit thrushes, murderous crows, fiercely competitive hummingbirds.
In Salar Abdoh’s Tehran, a city more populous than New York City, the vagaries of the human heart create a surprisingly unbridled and nonconformist tableau against a backdrop most Westerners view as monolithic, repressive, theocratic.
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