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Nonconformity
Meaning
Noun
●
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.
●
Rejection of, or
failure
to
conform
to, a
practice
,
standard
,
rule
, or law.
●
In Geology:
A type of
unconformity
in which a non-sedimentary
rock
intrudes
in
sedimentary
layers.
●
Alternative form of
nonconformity
(“refusal to
conform
to a state religion”).
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Origin
nonconformity
English
conformity
English
non-
English
non
Latin
noenu
Latin
noenum
Latin
nona
Latin
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Etym
Synonyms
Dissent
Dissentism
Inconformity
Nonconformism
Nonconformitancy
Disconformity
Non-Conformity
Antonyms
Conformity
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