1. Failure to conform to accepted standards of behaviour
   "His nonconformity made him stand out in the conservative workplace";
   - nonconformance
    
2. Unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values
   "His nonconformity in dress and behaviour made him stand out in the corporate environment"
    
3. A lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
   "His nonconformity in artistic style set him apart from his contemporaries";
   - nonconformism, nonconformance
    
4. Lack of harmony or correspondence
   "His nonconformity to social norms made him stand out"; "The building's architectural nonconformity with its surroundings was striking"

Derived forms: nonconformities

Type of: disagreement, failure, heresy, heterodoxy, unorthodoxy

Encyclopedia: Nonconformity