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UK
/nˌɒnkənfˈɔːmɪst/
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[ US /ˌnɑnkənˈfɔɹmɪst/ ]
[ US /ˌnɑnkənˈfɔɹmɪst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion
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not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought
the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers
their rabidly nonconformist deportment has made them legendary
NOUN
- someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
How To Use nonconformist In A Sentence
- It was the first Nonconformist chapel in the area.
- Norms use the clubs of stigma and shame to punish deviants, nonconformists, and radicals.
- In Britain many were based on parish churches or, especially, Nonconformist chapels; the celebrated Huddersfield Choral Society was founded in 1836.
- The nonconformist Bethel and Seion chapels had originally entered into association with the Welsh Presbyterian Union of the United States, but they joined the United Church of Canada in 1933 and after 1936 Welsh services ceased.
- It was unable to insert a clause in the Imperial Abolition Act allowing nonconformist ministers to solemnize marriages, as it was custom for colonial laws to follow rather than precede those in the metropolitan society.
- Welsh nationalism was about neither land nor Home Rule but was founded on the Nonconformist campaign to disestablish the Anglican Church, which was maintained by the payment of tithes.
- Matthew Henry (1662-1714), "nonconformist" Presbyterian minister in England, and author of Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
- Gradually their nonconformist business elites improved public health and evolved traditions of voluntary activity, local pride and artistic patronage.
- Apparently, the way to be coolly nonconformist is strict conformity to a nonconformist trope? EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Best email in a while
- Confirmation branded its confirmands on their foreheads with the mark of episcopacy, and it was an in-your-face gesture to nonconformists and to others who held a low view of the episcopal office.