Nonconformity

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Refusal or failure to conform to accepted standards, conventions, rules, or laws.
  • noun. An instance of this.
  • noun. Refusal to accept or conform to the doctrines, usage, or polity of the Church of England.
  • noun. An unconformity in which the underlying strata are composed of igneous or metamorphic rock and the overlying strata are composed of sedimentary rock.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Neglect or failure to conform, especially to some ecclesiastical law or requirement.
  • noun. Specifically, in eccles. usage:
  • noun. The refusal to conform to the rites, tenets, or polity of an established or state church, and especially of the Church of England.
  • noun. The doctrines or usages of those English Protestants who do not conform to or unite with the Church of England.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. rejection of or the failure to conform, especially to standards, rules, or laws
  • noun. the refusal to adhere to a state religion
  • noun. A type of unconformity in which a non-sedimentary rock intrudes in sedimentary layers.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. lack of harmony or correspondence
  • noun. a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
  • noun. unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values
  • noun. failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior