nonconformities
Breaks from standards
Nonconformities are instances of failing to meet a standard, specification, or expectation.
The term appears frequently in quality control and manufacturing contexts, where a nonconformity is any deviation from established requirements: The audit revealed several nonconformities in the production process.
In geology, nonconformities are boundaries where sedimentary rock layers rest on eroded igneous or metamite rock.
Deviations from expected patterns
- deviationsDepartures from a norm
- anomaliesDepartures from expected patterns
- discrepanciesDifferences where agreement expected
- flawsImperfections in something
violations · exceptions · variances · aberrations · inconsistencies · departures · infractions · breaches
Unconventional behavior or nature
- unconventionalityDeparture from accepted standards
- originalityNovel creative quality
- distinctivenessQuality of being distinguishable
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
peculiarity · uniqueness · quirkiness · oddity · singularity · differentiation · bohemianism · maverick
Organized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
sedition · subversion · insurgence · radicalism · activism · counterculture · antiestablishment · iconoclasm
Opposition to prevailing views
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
defiance · disagreement · refusal · contestation · dispute · challenge · disobedience · rejection
Departure from accepted standards
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- taboo-breakingViolating sacred prohibitions
- outcastsRejected, excluded people
- misfitsThose who don't belong
irregularities
Deviations from expected patterns
- deviationsDepartures from a norm
- anomaliesDepartures from expected patterns
- discrepanciesDifferences where agreement expected
flaws · violations · exceptions · variances · aberrations · inconsistencies · departures · infractions · breaches · failures
eccentricity
Unconventional behavior or nature
- unconventionalityDeparture from accepted standards
- originalityNovel creative quality
- distinctivenessQuality of being distinguishable
idiosyncrasy · peculiarity · uniqueness · quirkiness · oddity · singularity · differentiation · bohemianism · maverick · outsider
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
revolution · sedition · subversion · insurgence · radicalism · activism · counterculture · antiestablishment · iconoclasm · heresy
dissidence
Opposition to prevailing views
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
resistance · defiance · disagreement · refusal · contestation · dispute · challenge · disobedience · rejection · noncompliance
deviance
Departure from accepted standards
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- taboo-breakingViolating sacred prohibitions
- outcastsRejected, excluded people
misfits · marginalization · otherness · stigma · subcultures
- stratigraphystrata, rock layers, formations, beds, layers
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Agreements with prevailing standards
compliances · approvals · passes · conformances · acceptances
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Agreements with prevailing standards
regularities · uniformities · consistencies · standardizations · orthodoxies
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Agreements with prevailing standards
conformisms · conventionalities · orthodoxies · traditionalism · mainstreaming
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