nonconformity
Refusal to comply
Nonconformity is refusal to follow accepted standards, customs, or practices.
The word suggests deliberate deviation rather than mere difference: Her nonconformity made her unpopular with management.
In geology, a nonconformity is a surface where sedimentary rock overlies older igneous or metamite rock—a break in the expected sequence.
Open resistance to authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
insubordination · subversion · mutiny · revolt · activism · boycott · noncompliance · refusal
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
free-thinking · self-sufficiency · sovereignty · self-governance · freethinker · maverick · self-direction · agency
Unorthodox belief or opinion
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
- unconventionalityDeparture from accepted standards
- noveltyQuality of being original
innovation · originality · experimentation · divergence · departure · trailblazing · groundbreaking · pioneering
Artistic nonconformist type
- hippieSixties counterculture member
- beatnikFifties counterculture member
- punkRaw, fast rock genre
- alternativeAnother available choice
subculture · avant-garde · underground · hipster · rebel · dropout · antiestablishment · free-love
Unconventional behavior or nature
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
oddity · misfit · outcast · pariah · stigma · outsider · alienation · marginalization
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
protest · insubordination · subversion · mutiny · revolt · activism · boycott · noncompliance · refusal · opposition
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
self-determination · free-thinking · self-sufficiency · sovereignty · self-governance · freethinker · maverick · self-direction · agency · empowerment
heterodoxy
Unorthodox belief or opinion
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
- unconventionalityDeparture from accepted standards
novelty · innovation · originality · experimentation · divergence · departure · trailblazing · groundbreaking · pioneering
bohemian
Artistic nonconformist type
alternative · subculture · avant-garde · underground · hipster · rebel · dropout · antiestablishment · free-love · psychedelia
eccentricity
Unconventional behavior or nature
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- transgressionViolation of law or code
taboo · oddity · misfit · outcast · pariah · stigma · outsider · alienation · marginalization · delinquency
- Anomaliesanomaly, deviation, aberration, irregularity, oddity
- defiancedefiance, disobedience, insubordination, noncompliance, rebellion
- Nonconformistsrebels, rebel, misfits, misfit, free spirits
- Odditiescuriosity, curio, unusual, odd, strange
- individualityindividuality, uniqueness, distinctiveness, originality, selfhood
- objectionsobjection, complaint, protest, refutation, demur
nonconformityconformity
Adherence to norms
conformism · conventionality · compliance · conformance · orthodoxy
nonconformitycompliance
Adhering to requirements
conformity · obedience · submission · acquiescence · deference
nonconformityorthodoxy
Adherence to accepted beliefs
conformity · traditionalism · conventionalism · conservatism · agreement
- gender nonconformityDiverging from expected roles
- gender nonconformingNot matching expected expression
- nonconforming useActivity predating current regulations
nonconformist, nonconforming, nonconformists, nonconformism, nonconformities