nonconformist definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: not conforming ... or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought; "their rabidly nonconformist deportment has made them legendary"; "the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers" [syn: nonconformist, unconformist] [ant: conformist] 2: not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion [syn: nonconforming, nonconformist] n 1: a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England [syn: Nonconformist, chapelgoer] [ant: Anglican] 2: someone who refuses to conform ...
... or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought; "their rabidly nonconformist deportment has made them legendary"; "the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers" [syn: nonconformist, unconformist] [ant: conformist] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Unconformist Un`con*form"ist, n. A nonconformist. [Obs.]
... Date: 1639 1. one that dissents 2. capitalized an English Nonconformist Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 a person who dissents. 2 ... Dissenter) Brit. a member of a non-established church; a Nonconformist. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Dissenter Dis*sent"er, n. 1 ... the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist. Dissenters from the establishment of their several countries. --Burke. Robert ... flower child, freak, heretic, hippie, maverick, misbeliever, misfit, non-Catholic, nonconformist, nonjuror, objector, opinionist, opposition voice, original, protestant, protester, recusant, schismatic ...
... of the established church, as distinguished from a dissenter, or nonconformist. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: marked by convention ... styles; "underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist" [ant: nonconformist, unconformist] 2: adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in ... to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters) [ant: nonconformist, recusant] Merriam Webster's noun or adjective see conform Oxford ... to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist. A cheeful conformist to your judgment. --Jer.Taylor. Collin's ...
... who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct [syn: nonconformist, recusant] [ant: conformist] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Latin recusant ... One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist. All that are recusants of holy rites. --Holyday. Webster's ... W. Scott. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Dissenter, nonconformist. Moby Thesaurus alienated, antiestablishment, at odds with, at variance with ...
... by a Christian group other than an established church < a nonconformist chapel > 3. a choir of singers belonging to a chapel ... or institution. 2 Brit. a a place of worship for nonconformist bodies. b (predic.) an attender at or believer in nonconformist worship (they are strictly chapel). c a chapel service. d ...
... belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary. Heavy fines on divines who should ... deserter, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, fifth columnist, misbeliever, mugwump, mugwumpian, mugwumpish, nonconformist, objector, opinionist, opposition voice, proselyte, protestant, protester, quisling, recidivist, recreant ...
... or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic 3: a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life Merriam Webster ... homey, iconoclast, informal, irregular, kinky, loose, maverick, misfit, natural, nomad, nonconformist, nonjuror, not cricket, not done, not kosher, offbeat, offhand, offhanded ...