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Noun: nonconformance  ,nón-kun'for-mun(t)s
  1. A lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
    - nonconformity, nonconformism
     
  2. Failure to conform to accepted standards of behaviour
    - nonconformity

Derived forms: nonconformances

Type of: failure, heresy, heterodoxy, unorthodoxy

Antonym: conformism

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Nonconformist
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nonconformity
nonconscious
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