nonconformity

🇬🇧 UK/.nɒnkәn'fɒ:miti/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

Refusal or failure to conform to accepted practices, standards, or rules; dissent from an established church.

不墨守成规;不信奉国教;不一致

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
nonnot
+
conformityother
=nonconformity

Common Collocations

  • 1.social nonconformity社会不合规
  • 2.cultural nonconformity文化异端
  • 3.angular nonconformity角度不整合

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    His social nonconformity eventually earned him respect in intellectual circles.

  • 2.

    Cultural nonconformity can lead to innovation and artistic breakthroughs.

  • 3.

    The angular nonconformity in the geological layers indicated past geological events.

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