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nonconformist::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | unconformist |
their rabidly nonconformist deportment has made them legendary.
the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers.
nonconformist::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | nonconforming |
nonconformist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | chapelgoer |
| Type of | protestant |
Examples of nonconformist
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Phoebe is presented as a nonconformist, who balks at some of her school's rules.
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He was, at best, a prickly nonconformist who broke rules and irritated teammates.
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Fuller was the descendant of a distinguished and nonconformist New England family.
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Ephron, who's 67, grew up in the conformist 1950s with a nonconformist mother.
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In the 18th and 19th centuries other nonconformist churches and chapels were built.
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A fashion faux pas can cost the nonconformist a fine of as much as $1,400 during rush.
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So were nonconformist sects which became so important to commercial and cultural life.
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Unlike most entrepreneurs, who were nonconformist, he attended the Church of England.
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William Taylor was a nonconformist who attended the UnitarianOctagon Chapel, Norwich.
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- A Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England
- 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"
- Nonconforming: not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion
- Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
- (Non-conformists) Protestant sects who did not believe in conforming with the traditions of the established Protestant Church in both services and organisation.
- (Non-conformists) In the historical sense, these are people who dissent from the doctrine of an established Church. ...
- Refusal to conform to the doctrine, discipline or polity of an established Church. Today, this terms is often used to describe Christian denominations other than the Church of England, e.g. Baptists, Methodists.
- Church that is not Church of England (they were founded by people who would not conform to the 1662 Act of Uniformity)
- An English term for dissenting Christians other than the Anglicans or Roman Catholics including Baptists, Congregationalists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Quakers, Unitarians and members of the United Reformed Church
