nonconformity
/nɑnkənˈfɔɹmɪdi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A refusal to conform to the doctrine, discipline, or practice of a state religion, especially refusal by other Protestants to conform to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England; the principles or practice of nonconformists; nonconformists as a class.
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noun
A rejection of, or failure to conform to, a practice, standard, rule, or law.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A type of unconformity in which a nonsedimentary rock intrudes in sedimentary layers.
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noun
Alternative form of nonconformity (“refusal to conform to a state religion”).
Example Sentences
- "Here then is S. Pauls Judaeus in abscondito, a Jew inwardly. Here is the true Recusant, and the true Non-conformitan; Au∣diunt, sed non faciunt: he comes to hear, but never comes to doe; there's Recusancy: he confesses that he hath received good instru∣ction, but he refufes to conform himself unto it; there's Non-con∣formity'."
- "But as no man, that does acknowledg the Authority and Divinity of the Scriptures, can easily satisfie himself in living in the Breach of any of it's known rules and precepts, without the countenance and protection (such as it is) of some vain imagination, and deceitful reasoning or other, so is it in this case with some, who having no mind to this way of God (Bap∣tism I mean) though otherwise convinced of the nullity of In∣fant-baptism) have taken hold of certain delusive Pleas, where∣by to justifie their non-conformity to this rule of the Gospel, and Doctrine of Christ."
Etymology
From non- + conformity.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /nɑnkənˈfɔɹmɪdi/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.