nonconformity

[ non-kuh n-fawr-mi-tee ]

/ ˌnɒn kənˈfɔr mɪ ti /

failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas.

lack of conformity or agreement.

(often initial capital letter) refusal to conform to the Church of England.

Geology. an unconformity that separates crystalline rocks, either igneous or metamorphic, from sedimentary rocks.

Origin of nonconformity

First recorded in 1610–20; non- + conformity

He removed to Boston in May, 1644, being probably one of those who were driven away from Virginia for non-conformity.

History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia |Charles Campbell
Prosecutions for non-conformity were enforced with the utmost severity.

The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. |Hartley Withers
“And that price of non-conformity is too high,” he completed steadily.

A Breath of Prairie and other stories |Will Lillibridge
The foibles of their youth are still to be traced in faulting and non-conformity.

In the Open |Stanton Davis Kirkham

It is at most a non-conformity to an impersonal, mechanically determined, ongoing nature.

Theoretical Ethics |Milton Valentine

nonconformity

/ (ˌnɒnkənˈfɔːmɪtɪ) /

failure or refusal to conform

absence of agreement or harmony