nonconformity

1. 1.

   lack of harmony or correspondence

   Broaderdisagreement
2. 2.

   a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs

   Synonymsnonconformismnonconformance

   Antonymsconformity

   Broaderunorthodoxy
3. 3.

   unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values

   Broaderunorthodoxy
4. 4.

   failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior

   Synonymsnonconformance

   Antonymsconformity

   Broaderfailure

   Narrowernonobservance

Other forms of nonconformity

plural

nonconformities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nonconformity

What does nonconformity mean?

nonconformity means "lack of harmony or correspondence". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nonconformity?

nonconformity has 5 syllables: non-con-for-mi-ty. The stress falls on "for". In IPA it is /ˌnɑnkənˈfɔɹməti/.

What is another word for nonconformity?

Close synonyms include nonconformism, nonconformance, nonconformance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of nonconformity?

The recorded antonyms are conformity, conformity.

Is nonconformity a common word?

nonconformity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with nonconformity?

3 words rhyme with nonconformity. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.