"nonconformist" meaning in English

See nonconformist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more nonconformist [comparative], most nonconformist [superlative]
Etymology: From non- + conformist. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|conformist}} non- + conformist Head templates: {{en-adj}} nonconformist (comparative more nonconformist, superlative most nonconformist)
  1. Not conforming to established customs, etc. Related terms: Nonconformist, nonconformity Translations (not conforming to established customs etc): дисидентски (disidentski) (Bulgarian), 不循规蹈矩的 (Chinese Mandarin), epäsovinnainen (Finnish), anticonformiste [feminine, masculine] (French), nonkonformistisch (German), nonkonformista (Hungarian), nonconformistico [masculine] (Italian), nonconformistica [feminine] (Italian), frireligiös (note: in religious sense) (Swedish), icke-konformistisk (Swedish), nonkonformistisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nonconformist-en-adj-J5-kfQex Categories (other): English terms prefixed with non-, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 19 10 30 16 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 8 34 14 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: non-conformist

Noun

Forms: nonconformists [plural]
Etymology: From non- + conformist. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|conformist}} non- + conformist Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonconformist (plural nonconformists)
  1. A member of a church separated from the Church of England; a Protestant dissenter. Categories (topical): People
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  2. Loosely, a Christian who does not conform to the doctrines of an established church. Categories (topical): People
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  3. Someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices. Categories (topical): People, Personality Synonyms (someone who does not conform): free spirit Translations (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices): дисидент (disident) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 不循规蹈矩者 (Chinese Mandarin), nonkonformista [masculine] (Czech), toisinajattelija (Finnish), anticonformiste [feminine, masculine] (French), Nonkonformist [masculine] (German), Nonkonformistin [feminine] (German), αιρετικός (airetikós) [masculine] (Greek), ετερίδοξος (eterídoxos) [masculine] (Greek), nonkonformista (Hungarian), fikircuda [feminine, masculine] (Northern Kurdish), hizircuda [feminine, masculine] (Northern Kurdish), nonkonformista [masculine] (Polish), nonconformist [masculine] (Romanian), nonconformistă [feminine] (Romanian), нонконформи́ст (nonkonformíst) [masculine] (Russian), нонконформи́стка (nonkonformístka) [feminine] (Russian), icke-konformist (Swedish), nonkonformist [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nonconformist-en-noun-khPGurEn Disambiguation of People: 7 39 14 35 6 Disambiguation of Personality: 9 29 6 49 7 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with non-, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 19 10 30 16 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 8 34 14 29 Disambiguation of 'someone who does not conform': 1 43 55 0 Disambiguation of 'someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices': 1 22 76 2
  4. A noctuid moth (Lithophane lamda).
    Sense id: en-nonconformist-en-noun-mxiIRpBs Categories (other): English terms prefixed with non-, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 19 10 30 16 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 8 34 14 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heteroclite, individualist, maverick, non-conformist Derived forms: nonconformist register

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "eterídoxos",
      "sense": "someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nonkonformista"
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      "sense": "someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices",
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      "sense": "someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices",
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        "common-gender"
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      "word": "nonkonformist"
    }
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          "ref": "1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Halton Holegate:",
          "text": "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.",
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      "sense": "not conforming to established customs etc",
      "word": "дисидентски"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not conforming to established customs etc",
      "word": "不循规蹈矩的"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "not conforming to established customs etc",
      "word": "epäsovinnainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not conforming to established customs etc",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "not conforming to established customs etc",
      "word": "nonkonformistisch"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not conforming to established customs etc",
      "word": "nonkonformista"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not conforming to established customs etc",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nonconformistico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not conforming to established customs etc",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "nonconformistica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "in religious sense",
      "sense": "not conforming to established customs etc",
      "word": "frireligiös"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not conforming to established customs etc",
      "word": "icke-konformistisk"
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      "word": "nonkonformistisk"
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}

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