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nonconformity

[non-kuhn-fawr-mi-tee] / ˌnɒn kənˈfɔr mɪ ti /


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Nonconformity had become less an ideology than an aesthetic, one to which everyone could safely conform.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2019

Nonconformity thrives in the Northwest, from the searchers for Bigfoot to electing Socialist politicians.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2016

Nonconformity often has a social cost, so people assume people breaking the rules enjoy a powerful enough position that they are not concerned about the costs.

From Scientific American • Dec. 17, 2013

Bunhill Fields has long fascinated historians and romantics alike and is considered the terra sancta of English Nonconformity.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2011

This simile to Nonconformity also holds good a little when we seek to ascertain the ambit of Richardson's popularity.

From Res Judicat? Papers and Essays by Birrell, Augustine




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