nonconformist
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See also: Nonconformist
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From non- + conformist.
Noun
[edit]nonconformist (plural nonconformists)
- A member of a church separated from the Church of England; a Protestant dissenter. [from 17th c.]
- Loosely, a Christian who does not conform to the doctrines of an established church. [from 17th c.]
- Someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices. [from 17th c.]
- A noctuid moth (Lithophane lamda).
Synonyms
[edit]- (someone who does not conform): free spirit, heteroclite, individualist; see also Thesaurus:maverick
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices
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Adjective
[edit]nonconformist (comparative more nonconformist, superlative most nonconformist)
- Not conforming to established customs, etc.
- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Halton Holegate:
- One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II.
Translations
[edit]not conforming to established customs etc
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See also
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French non-conformiste.
Noun
[edit]nonconformist m (plural nonconformiști, feminine equivalent nonconformistă)
Declension
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | nonconformist | nonconformistul | nonconformiști | nonconformiștii | |
genitive-dative | nonconformist | nonconformistului | nonconformiști | nonconformiștilor | |
vocative | nonconformistule | nonconformiștilor |