nonconformity
nonconformity Lexical Profile
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• noun
A refusal or failure to act in accordance with established customs, prevailing attitudes, or conventional rules.
"Her artistic style was celebrated as a bold expression of nonconformity in an era of strict academic traditions."
British The principles or practices of Protestant Christians who refuse to conform to the governance and usages of the established Church of England.
"Throughout the nineteenth century, religious nonconformity played a major role in shaping local politics across Wales and northern England."
An unconformity in which younger sedimentary rock strata overlie older, eroded igneous or metamorphic rocks.
"Geologists mapping the canyon wall identified a prominent nonconformity separating the ancient granite basement from the overlying sandstone."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 17th century from 'non-' and 'conformity', originally used in English ecclesiastical history to describe Protestant dissenters who refused to abide by the doctrines and practices of the established Church of England.