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non·con·form·ist
 nonconformist
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- pronunciation:
- nan
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mihst
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a person who refuses or fails to conform to established ideas, values, customs, or behaviors.
- synonyms:
- freethinker, maverick
- antonyms:
- conformist
- similar words:
- bohemian, deviate, dissenter, dissident, eccentric, heretic, hippie, iconoclast, individualist, radical, rebel
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| definition 2: |
(often cap.) an English Protestant who does not belong to the Church of England.
- synonyms:
- dissenter, sectary
- similar words:
- freethinker, Protestant
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| related words: |
insubordinate, irregular, maverick, original |
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| derivation: |
nonconformism (n.) |
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