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nonconformist
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nonconformist
n.
one who does not conform to conventional values or opinions
adj.
not conforming to conventional values or opinions
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Nonconformist
"Nonconformist" or "Non-conformist" was a term used in England and Wales after the Act of Uniformity 1662 to refer to a Protestant Christian who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the established Church of England. English Dissenters (such as Puritans) who violated the Act of Uniformity 1559 may retrospectively be considered Nonconformists, typically by practising or advocating radical, sometimes separatist, dissent with respect to the established state church. By the late 19th-century the term included Reformed Christians (Presbyterians and Congregationalists), Baptists, and Methodists, among other groups. Historically, Nonconformists were restricted from many spheres of public life.
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Nonconformist
Noun
1. a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England
(synonym) chapelgoer
(antonym) Anglican
(hypernym) Protestant
nonconformist
Noun
1. someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
(synonym) recusant
(antonym) conformist
(hypernym) dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant
(hyponym) beatnik, beat
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"
(synonym) unconformist
(antonym) conformist
2. not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion
(synonym) nonconforming
(similar) unorthodox
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non-conformist
n.
nonconformist, one who does not conform to conventional values or opinions
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nonconformist
n.
nonkonformista, nonkonformistka
příd.jm.
nonkonformní
