Nonconformity

Definitions: Nonconformity

Nonconformity

Noun

1. Lack of harmony or correspondence.

2. A lack of conformity.

3. Unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values.

4. Failure to conform.

Date "nonconformity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Geological	An type of unconformity in which young sedimentary rocks lie on top of older metamorphic or intrusive igneous rocks. (references)
Meteorology & Standards	A departure of a quality characteristic from its intended level or state that occurs with a severity sufficient to cause an associated product or service not to meet a specification requirement. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. An unconformity developed between sedimentary rocks and older rocks (plutonic igneous or massive metamorphic rocks) that had been exposed to erosion before the sediments covered them. The restriction of the term to this usage was proposed by Dunbar & Rodgers (1957). Although the term is well known in the classroom, it is not commonly used in practice (Dennis, 1967) b. A term that formerly was widely, but is now less commonly, used as a syn. of angular unconformity, or as a generic term that includes angularunconformity. Term proposed by Pirsson (1915). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Nonconformity

Synonym: nonconformance (n). (additional references)

Antonym: conformity (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Dissent	Nonconformity; (heterodoxy); protestantism, recusancy, schism; disaffection; secession; recantation.
Unconformity	Noun: {opp. } nonconformity; unconformity, disconformity; unconventionality, informality, abnormity, abnormality, anomaly; anomalousness; Adjective: exception, peculiarity; infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of usage; teratism, eccentricity, bizarrerie, oddity, je ne sais quoi, monster, monstrosity, rarity; freak, freak of Nature, weirdo, mutant; rouser, snorter.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Building Jerusalem: Nonconformity, Labour and the Social Question in Wales, 1906-1939 (reference) Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity (reference) Gender Nonconformity, Race, and Sexuality: Charting the Connections (reference) Nonconformity and Dissent in the Ukrainian Ssr, 1955-1975: An Annotated Bibliography (Sources and Documents Series) (reference) Radical Religion from Shakespeare to Milton : Figures of Nonconformity in Early Modern England (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	China	Applications can be also denied under the following circumstances: (1) detriment to China's sovereignty or public interest; (2) nonconformity with the requirements of the development of China's national economy; and (3) possibility of environmental pollution. (references)
Human Rights	Cuba	The mass organizations' ostensible purpose is to improve the citizenry, but in fact their goal is to discover and discourage nonconformity. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Nonconformity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Nonconformity" is used about 56 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)	85.71%	48	49,194
Noun (proper)	14.29%	8	124,375
Total	100.00%	56	N/A

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 "nonconformity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		mosnënshtrim. (various references)

Arabic		‏عدم إنسجام, ‏اللامتثالية, ‏إنشقاقية. (various references)

Bulgarian		сектантство (dissent, partisanship, sectarianism), сектанти, несъответствие (disagreement, discordance, discrepancy, disparity, dissonance, gap, inadequacy, inappropriateness, inaptitude, inconformity, incongruity, unconformity), неподчинение (insubordination, non-compliance, non-cooperation). (various references)

Czech		nonkonformismus, nekonformnost. (various references)

Danish		afvigelse (aberrance, aberration, bias, deflection, deflexion, departure, deviance, deviation, error, variance, variation, violation). (various references)

Dutch		afwijking (aberrance, aberration, abnormality, anomaly, defect, departure, derogation, deviate, deviation, drift, offset, range, span, variation, violation). (various references)

Finnish		virheellisyys (defect, deficiency, faultiness, inaccuracy, incorrectness). (various references)

French		non-conformité (non conformity, non-conformance, which do not conform to). (various references)

German		nichtkonformgehen, Nichterfüllung von Qualitätsforderungen, nichteinhaltung, mangelnde Übereinstimmung. (various references)

Greek		ετεροδοξία (heterodox, heterodoxy), αιρετικότησ (sectarianism), αιρετικότητα (sectarianism). (various references)

Hebrew		אי �"תאמ�" (disagreement, discrepancy, disproportion, inaptitude, maladjustment, misfit). (various references)

Hungarian		nonkonformizmus (nonconformism), nem alkalmazkodás, meg nem egyezés. (various references)

Italian		non conformita, anticonformismo (nonconformism). (various references)

Pig Latin		onconformitynay

Portuguese		nao conformidade, não-conformismo, não-conformidade (non-conformance, recusance, recusancy), inconformismo, dissidente (dissentient, dissimilar, Mavis, sectary). (various references)

Romanian		neconformism. (various references)

Russian		неподчинение (disobedience, non-compliance, rebellion, recusancy), инакомыслие (dissidence). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nekonformizam, nekonformistički (nonconformist). (various references)

Spanish		disconformidad (disagreement, disconformity, non-conformance, unconformity). (various references)

Swedish		nonkonformism, fel (aberration, Amiss, blemish, breakdown, corrigendum, defect, deficiency, demerit, error, errors, failing, failure, fault, flaw, foul, imperfection, inaccuracy, lapse, mistake, out, shortcoming, trouble, vice, wrong), avvikelse utanför toleransgräns. (various references)

Turkish		uymama (breach, maladjustment, misfit, noncompliance, non-compliance, nonobservance, non-observance, unsuitability), resmi kiliseye karşı olma, bağdaşmama (incongruity, inconsistency), ayak uydurmama. (various references)

Ukranian		невідповідність (contradiction, disaccord, discordance, discrepancy, disharmony, disparity, imbalance, incongruity, maladjustment, non-compliance, overproportion, unconformity), непокірність (insubordination, non-compliance, non-obedience, recalcitrance, refractoriness), непокора (contumacy, disobedience, non-compliance, non-obedience), недодержання (default, infraction, non delivery), дисиденти. (various references)

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

Welsh		Ymneilltuaeth, Anghydffurfiaeth. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "nonconformity" (pronounced nÄ'nkunfô"rmutē)
10	-k u n f ô" r m u t ē	conformity.
7	-f ô" r m u t ē	deformity, uniformity.
6	-ô" r m u t ē	enormity.
4	-m u t ē	amity, anonymity, calamity, enmity, equanimity, extremity, infirmity, proximity, unanimity.
3	-u t ē	ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, analyticity, animosity, annuity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, entity, equality, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability.
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-t-y"
	-3 letters: conformity, nonconform.
	-4 letters: monotonic.
	-5 letters: confront, monitory, monotony, moronity, myotonic.
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