nonconformity
noun[U]
uk/ˌnɒn.kənˈfɔː.mə.ti/us/ˌnɑːn.kənˈfɔːr.mə.t̬i/(alsononconformism,uk/-mɪ.zəm/us)thequalityoflivingandthinkingin a way that is different from otherpeople:
不遵循常规,不落俗套Herclotheswere animmediatesignalof her nonconformity.她的衣着打扮是她不愿循规蹈矩的直接信号。
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nonconformist
religion(alsoNonconformity)
thepracticeofbelongingto aChristiangroupthat isProtestantbut does notbelongto theChurchofEngland:
信奉基督教新教,但不隶属于英国国教的做法Nonconformity wascommonin the seventeenthcentury.皈依新教却不信奉英国国教,这在十七世纪很寻常。
- In all of hisactions, weseeapersonofvigorousindependenceand nonconformity whorelentlesslyquestionedconventionalthinking.
- Hatred of nonconformity was notconfinedjust tototalitariancountries.
- Nonconformity in theworkplacecan bereadas anegativecharacteristic.
- Not until the Methodists came did Doncasterturnto Nonconformity.
- Throughout the nineteenthcenturynonconformitygrewandliteracyflourishedin theresultantchapel-basedcommunities.
Custom, tradition & conformity
- Americanization
- anti-classical
- anti-conventional
- anti-institutional
- anti-traditional
- crowd
- custom
- demi-monde
- desi
- endogamy
- multicultural
- multiculturalism
- non-classical
- non-conservative
- non-traditional
- unconventional
- unconventionally
- undoctrinaire
- unorthodox
- zeitgeist
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