Nonconformist

Definitions: Nonconformist

Nonconformist

Adjective

1. Not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought; "their rabidly nonformist deportment has made them legendary"; "the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers".

2. Not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion.

Noun

1. A Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England.

2. Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct.

Date "nonconformist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references)

Synonyms: Nonconformist

Synonyms: nonconforming (adj), unconformist (adj), chapelgoer (n), recusant (n). (additional references)

Antonyms: Anglican (n), conformist (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Dissent	Dissentient, dissenter; non-juror, non-content, nonconformist; sectary, separatist, recusant, schismatic, protestant, heretic.
Heterodoxy	Schismatic; sectary, sectarian, sectarist; seceder, separatist, recusant, dissenter; nonconformist, nonjuror.
Unconformity	Nonconformist; nondescript, character, original, nonesuch, nonsuch, monster, prodigy, wonder, miracle, curiosity, flying fish, black sheep, black swan, lusus naturae, rara avis, queer fish; mongrel, random breed; half-caste, half-blood, half-breed; metis, crossbreed, hybrid, mule, hinny, mulatto; tertium quid, hermaphrodite.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Nonconformist

English words defined with "nonconformist": beat, beatnik, Bohemian ♦ unconformist. (references)

Specialty definitions using "nonconformist": Black Genevan ♦ Call to the Pastorate, Century White ♦ Non Con, NON-CON ♦ Platonic Puritan ♦ Stimulants of Great Men. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Nonconformist" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (nonconformist, recusant).

Domain	Title
Books	A Social History of the Nonconformist Ministry in England and Wales, 1800-1930 (reference) Art of the Baltics: The Struggle for Freedom of Artistic Expression Under the Soviets, 1945-1991 (Dodge Soviet Nonconformist Art Publication Series) (reference) Female Education and Nonconformist Culture 1700-1900 (reference) Fifty Years in the Furnace: The Autobiography of a Nonconformist (reference) Neighborhoods in Transition: The Making of San Francisco's Ethnic and Nonconformist Communities (University of California Publications in Geology, V) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Nonconformist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.87% of the time. "Nonconformist" is used about 161 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	60.87%	98	33,072
Adjective (general or positive)	38.51%	62	42,755
Noun (proper)	0.62%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	161	N/A

Expression using "nonconformist": nonconformist church. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "nonconformist": anti-nonconformist.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "nonconformist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		njeri origjinal, jokomformist. (various references)

Arabic		‏منشق (dissenting, dissident, seceding, separatist, splinter), ‏المنشق (dissenter, schismatic), ‏إنشقاقي (schismatic, schismatical, secessionist). (various references)

Bulgarian		свободомислещ човек, сектантски (partisan, sectarian), сектант (dissenter, revivalist, sectarian, sectary). (various references)

Chinese		不符合� 统规范的人. (various references)

Czech		nonkonformistický, nonkonformista (dissenter), nekonformní (dissident). (various references)

Farsi		معاند (Defiant, Dissenter, Dissident, Spiteful), مخالف کلیسای رسمی , ناپیرو, نامقلد, ناموافق (Dissident), خودرای (Absolute, Headstrong, Hidebound, Obstinate, Opinionated, Peremptory, Wayward). (various references)

Finnish		lahkolainen (dissenter, sectarian), eriuskolainen (dissenter, heterodox). (various references)

French		non-conformiste, dissident. (various references)

German		nonkonformistisch, nonkonformist, einzelgänger (lone wolf, loner, maverick, morbid recluse person, rogue). (various references)

Greek		ετερίδοξοσ, αιρετικόσ (heretic, heretical, sectarian). (various references)

Hungarian		nonkonformista, vallási disszidens, szakadár (dissident, schismatic, schismatical, seceder, sectary, separatist), rendhagyó viselkedésű, maga útját járó, hozzáidomulni nem hajlandó. (various references)

Italian		non conformista, anticonformista (offbeat). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		不整合人 (free-thinker). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ふせい�"うじ�" (free-thinker). (various references)

Korean		비국교도. (various references)

Manx		anchochredjuagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		onconformistnay

Portuguese		não-conformista (recusant, sectary), isolador (dielectric, insulator, isolator, isolator waveguide, isoprene, non conductor, one-way attenuator). (various references)

Romanian		nonconformist (recusant), neconformist (dissenter), sectant (sectarian), disident (Bolter, dissenter, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, recusant). (various references)

Russian		нонконформист (recusant), инакомыслящий (dissenter, dissentient, dissident, otherwise-minded). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nesaglasan (disagreeing, inconsistent, inconsonant, unconforming), nekonformistički (nonconformity), nekonformist. (various references)

Spanish		inconformista (offbeat). (various references)

Swedish		frikyrklig (dissenter, dissentient, free church). (various references)

Turkish		toplum kurallarına uymayan kimse, toplum kurallarına uymayan, anglikan protestanı. (various references)

Ukranian		інаковіруючий, інакомислячий (dissentient, dissident, otherwise-minded), сектантський (dissident, nonconforming, sectarian), сектант (dissident, maverick, sectarian, sectary), розкольницький (factious, nonconforming, schismatic, schismatical), розкольник (dissenter, schismatic, separatist, splitter), оригінальний (fresh, offbeat, original, patent, picturesque, quaint, queerish), оригінал (archetype, original, protoplast, text), нонконформіст (recusant), бунтарський (recusant), бунтар (iconoclast, rebel, recusant, rioter), дисидентський (nonconforming, sectarian), дисидент (maverick, sectary). (various references)

Vietnamese		người không theo lề thói người không theo quốc giáo. (various references)

Welsh		Ymneilltuwr, Ymneilltuol, Anghydffurfiwr, Anghydffurfiol (Nonconforming). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "nonconformist": nonconformists. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Nonconformist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nonconformism, nonconformiste. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "nonconformist" (pronounced nÄ'nkunfô"rmust)
6	-ô" r m u s t	warmest.
5	-r m u s t	alarmist.
4	-m u s t	agronomist, alchemist, anatomist, animist, biochemist, dumbest, economist, extremist, firmest, grimaced, grimmest, pessimist, premised, promised, slimmest.
3	-u s t	ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-f-i-m-n-n-n-o-o-o-r-s-t"
	-2 letters: nonconforms.
	-3 letters: conformist, nonconform.
	-4 letters: confronts, monotonic.
	-5 letters: comforts, confirms, conforms, confront, frontons, monitors, monocots, notornis, omicrons.
	Words containing the letters "c-f-i-m-n-n-n-o-o-o-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: nonconformists.
	+2 letters: nonconformities.
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