nonconformist

nonconformist
noun Date: 1619 1. often capitalized a person who does not conform to an established church; especially one who does not conform to the Church of England 2. a person who does not conform to a generally accepted pattern of thought or action • nonconformist adjective, often capitalized

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  • nonconformist — NONCONFORMÍST, Ă, nonconformişti, ste, adj., s.m. şi f. (Persoană) care nu acceptă, nu se conformează uzanţelor stabilite, care are convingeri proprii; persoană care dovedeşte originalitate; neconformist. – Din fr. non conformiste. Trimis de ana… …   Dicționar Român

  • Nonconformist — adj nonconformist relating to one of the Protestant Christian churches that have separated from the Church of England >Nonconformist n >Nonconformism n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • nonconformist — [adj] unwilling to behave, believe as most do beatnik*, bohemian*, dissident, freak*, heretical, heterodox, hippie*, iconoclastic, maverick, oddball, offbeat, original, rebel, schismatic*, sectarian, swinger, unorthodox, weird*; concepts 401,542… …   New thesaurus

  • nonconformist — ► NOUN 1) a person who does not conform to prevailing ideas or established practice. 2) (Nonconformist) a member of a Protestant Church which dissents from the established Church of England. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not conforming to prevailing ideas or… …   English terms dictionary

  • Nonconformist — Non con*form ist, n. One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • nonconformist — index deviant, dissident, eccentric, heretic, lawless, malcontent, novel, original (creative) …   Law dictionary

  • nonconformist — n dissenter, sectary, sectarian, *heretic, schismatic …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • nonconformist — [nän΄kən fôrm′ist] n. 1. a person who does not act in conformity with generally accepted beliefs and practices 2. [N ] a British Protestant who does not belong to the Anglican Church; Dissenter adj. not following established customs, beliefs, etc …   English World dictionary

  • nonconformist — [[t]nɒ̱nkənfɔ͟ː(r)mɪst[/t]] nonconformists also non conformist 1) ADJ GRADED If you say that someone s way of life or opinions are nonconformist, you mean that they are different from those of most people. Their views are non conformist and their …   English dictionary

  • nonconformist — noun (C) someone who does not follow ways of living, thinking, or behaving accepted by most people: a political nonconformist nonconformist adjective: nonconformist attitudes nonconformity noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Nonconformist — UK [ˌnɒnkənˈfɔː(r)mɪst] / US [ˌnɑnkənˈfɔrmɪst] noun [countable] Word forms Nonconformist : singular Nonconformist plural Nonconformists a member of a type of protestant Christian church that is not the main type of church in a country Derived… …   English dictionary

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