non-conformity

noun

failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas.

lack of conformity or agreement.

( often initial capital letter ) refusal to conform to the Church of England.

Geology. an unconformity that separates crystalline rocks, either igneous or metamorphic, from sedimentary rocks.

Origin:
1610–20; non- + conformity

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Nonconformist (ˌnɒnkənˈfɔːmɪst)

—n
1.	a member of a Protestant denomination that dissents from an Established Church, esp the Church of England

—*adj*
2.	of, relating to, or denoting Nonconformists

Noncon'formity

—n

Noncon'formism

—n

nonconformity (ˌnɒnkənˈfɔːmɪtɪ)

—n
1.	failure or refusal to conform
2.	absence of agreement or harmony

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Word Origin & History

nonconformity

1618, coined in Eng., originally of Church of England clergymen who refused to conform on certain ceremonies. Nonconformist is from 1619, in the religious sense; after their ejection under the Act of Uniformity (1662) the name passed to the separate churches they joined or formed. General sense of "one

who does not participate in a practice or course of action" is from 1677.

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"Protestantism came and gave a great blow to the religious and ritualistic rhythm of the year, in human life. Non-conformity almost finished the deed.... Mankind has got to get back to the rhythm of the cosmos, and the permanence of marriage."

-D.H. Lawrence

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