nonconform

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ conform.

Noun

nonconform (plural nonconforms)

1. A manufactured product, that is conform to the living required standards in a zone.
   • 2006, William D. Mawby, Integrating Inspection Management Into Your Quality Improvement System, page 57:

     Within a particular batch there are a number of nonconforms sprinkled in some unknown way […]

Verb

nonconform (third-person singular simple present nonconforms, present participle nonconforming, simple past and past participle nonconformed)

1. (intransitive) To fail or refuse to conform; to differ.
   • 1987 December 20, Barbara Smith, “We Must Always Bury Our Dead Twice”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 23, page 8:

     I did not acknowledge that I had Lesbian feelings until I was in my twenties, but long before that Baldwin's homosexuality was also a hopeful sign. If nothing else, it indicated his capacity to radically non-conform, to carve out his own emotional freedom, lessons that I myself would have to learn.

   • 2006, Ralph L. Rosnow, Donald A. Hantula, Advances in social and organizational psychology, page 299:

     Where an individual fails to live up to expectancies, i.e. nonconforms, he (or she) loses credits, but may maintain some appropriate level of credits by continuing to be perceived as a contributor to the fulfillment of the goals of the group.

   • 2007, Anthony R. Pratkanis, The Science of Social Influence, page 195:

     Here, the influencee nonconforms by actively rebelling against influence.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:nonconform