Nonconformity

  • 11nonconformity to fact — index falsehood Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 12Nonconformity (quality) — In quality management, a nonconformity (also known as a defect) is a deviation from a specification, a standard, or an expectation. Nonconformities are classified as either critical, major, or minor.[1] ISO/IEC 9126 distinguishes between a defect …

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  • 13Nonconformity (literature) — This article is about the book. For the behavior pattern, see Nonconformism. Nonconformity is a memoir by Nelson Algren, published posthumously in 1992. It focuses on the making of the 1955 film version of his novel The Man with the Golden Arm,… …

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  • 14nonconformity — noun Date: 1618 1. a. failure or refusal to conform to an established church b. often capitalized the movement or principles of English Protestant dissent c. often capitalized the body of English Nonconformists 2. refusal to conform to an… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 15nonconformity — /non keuhn fawr mi tee/, n. 1. failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas. 2. lack of conformity or agreement. 3. (often cap.) refusal to conform to the Church of England. 4. Geol. an unconformity that… …

    Universalium

  • 16nonconformity — noun a) Rejection of or the failure to conform, especially to standards, rules, or laws. b) The refusal to adhere to a state religion. See Also: alternativism, nonconformism …

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  • 17nonconformity — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, agreement to disagree, alienage, alienation, alienism, ambiguity, ambivalence, anomaly, antagonism, antinomy, antipathy, apostasy, asymmetry, backlash, capriciousness, changeability,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 18nonconformity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See unconformity.Ant., conformity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dissent, opposition, contumaciousness, lawlessness, transgressiveness, heresy, heterodoxy, recusance, violation, breach of custom, denial,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 19nonconformity — non|con|form|i|ty [ ,nankən fɔrməti ] noun uncount the fact that someone does not think or behave in the usual way …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20nonconformity — n. lack of conformity to conventional values or beliefs nÉ‘nkÉ™n fÉ”rmÉ™tɪ / nÉ’nkÉ™n fɔːm …

    English contemporary dictionary