nonconventionality
Bucking standard practice
The quality of not following established customs, standards, or norms.
Nonconventionality suggests deviation from what's typical or expected, whether in behavior, appearance, thought, or artistic expression: Her nonconventionality made her stand out in the conservative firm.
The term is neutral—neither praising nor condemning the departure from convention.
Unorthodox belief or opinion
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- contrarianismOpposing prevailing views systematically
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
nonconformism · rebellion · radicalism · freethinking · deviance · revisionism · antiestablishment · subversion
New device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
novelty · prototype · advancement · creativity · entrepreneurship · ingenuity · modernization · research
Unusual or unexpected trait
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
- strangenessQuality of being peculiar
nonconformity · individuality · uniqueness · outlandishness · bizarreness · singularity · whimsicality · aberration
heterodoxy
Unorthodox belief or opinion
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- contrarianismOpposing prevailing views systematically
heresy · nonconformism · rebellion · radicalism · freethinking · deviance · revisionism · antiestablishment · subversion · countercultural
invention
New device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
experimentation · novelty · prototype · advancement · creativity · entrepreneurship · ingenuity · modernization · research · development
quirkiness
Unusual or unexpected trait
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
strangeness · nonconformity · individuality · uniqueness · outlandishness · bizarreness · singularity · whimsicality · aberration · anomaly
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Adherence to accepted customs
conformity · conformism · traditionalism · orthodoxy · conventional
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State of being unremarkable
normalcy · typicality · commonplaceness · averageness · standardness
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Implementing uniform technical specifications
uniformity · predictability · banality · unoriginality · derivativeness
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