NONCONFORMIST DEFINITIONS - 5 definitions found
nonconformist adj 1: not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought; "their rabidly nonconformist deportment has made them legendary"; "the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers" [syn: nonconformist, unconformist] [ant: conformist] 2: not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion [syn: nonconforming, nonconformist] n 1: a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England [syn: Nonconformist, chapelgoer] [ant: Anglican] 2: someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct [syn: nonconformist, recusant] [ant: conformist] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) nonconformist noun Date: 1619 1. often capitalized a person who does not conform to an established church; especially one who does not conform to the Church of England 2. a person who does not conform to a generally accepted pattern of thought or action • nonconformist adjective, often capitalized Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Nonconformist \Non`con*form"ist\, n. One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 191 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonconformist": Albigensian, Arian, Bohemian, Cathar, Donatist, Ebionite, Erastian, Gnostic, Jansenist, Lollard, Manichaean, Monophysite, Montanist, Pelagian, Sabellian, Waldensian, Wyclifite, agitator, alien, anomaly, antagonistic, antinomian, antipathetic, apostate, beatnik, brawler, breakaway, capricious, case, changeable, changing, character, choppy, clashing, conflicting, contradicting, contradictory, counteractant, counteracting, counteractive, countervailing, counterworking, crackpot, crank, cranky, crosspatch, crotchety, demurrer, deviant, deviating, deviative, deviatory, different, disorderly, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, divaricate, divergent, diversified, diversiform, dropout, eccentric, emanationist, erose, erratic, exception, extremist, fanatic, flake, flower child, freak, frondeur, heretic, heretical, hermit, heterodox, hippie, hobo, hostile, hylotheist, iconoclast, iconoclastic, impulsive, inconsistent, inconstant, individualist, individualistic, inimical, inner-directed, inner-directed person, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, insurrecto, irregular, jagged, jerky, kook, lone wolf, loner, malcontent, maverick, mercurial, meshuggenah, misbeliever, misfit, motley, mutable, mutineer, natural, naysayer, nonconformer, nonconforming, nonjuror, nonstandard, nonuniform, nut, objector, odd fellow, oddball, oddity, opinionist, opposing, opposition voice, oppositional, oppugnant, original, outsider, pantheist, pariah, perverse, pluralistic, protestant, protester, queer duck, queer fish, queer specimen, radical, ragged, rara avis, reactionary, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recluse, recusant, renegade, renitent, repugnant, resistant, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, rough, schismatic, screwball, sectarian, sectary, separatist, solitary, spasmodic, sporadic, sport, strange duck, subversive, swinger, traitor, tramp, type, ugly duckling, unconformist, unequable, unequal, uneven, unorthodox, unstable, unsteady, unsystematic, ununiform, variable, variegated, variform, various, varying, wavering, weirdo, yippie, zealot |
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