nonconforming
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7.1
- adjective
- /ˌnɒn.kənˈfɔːr.mɪŋ/
:
no conforme
- School bullying, which takes a tragic toll on gender-nonconforming youth, can and must be stopped through effective adult intervention.
- gender nonconforming
- nonconforming youth
- nonconforming doctrines
Examples
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The church intimidates nonconforming Catholic politicians by withholding communion and threatening excommunication.
Academic text (2005) -
The first approach, related to norm-breaking, places nonconforming sexual attitudes within a domain of general antisocial behavior in adolescence.
Academic text (2004) -
But are we not flushing that out by our nonconforming measures, which we have not seen yet?
Academic text (1996) -
Contrary to my previous experience in urban public schools, the nonconforming viewpoint in my independent school is often a conservative or religious one.
Academic text (2015) -
So, C.J. and I hosted our first annual gender nonconforming Halloween costume party.
Blog text (18) -
Expand the range of acceptable behaviors for girls, particularly "nonconforming" actions that are argumentative and assertive.
Academic text (2003) -
I was the stereotypically gender-nonconforming kid, the tomboy who never grew out of it.
Blog text (28) -
The Massachusetts Safe Schools Program seeks to dispel myths about the behavior of gender-nonconforming youth.
Academic text (2003) -
With its implicit theorization of a postwar subject, the Method valorized a rebellious, nonconforming individualism.
Academic text (2017) -
The church intimidates nonconforming Catholic politicians by withholding communion and threatening excommunication.
Synonyms
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5.9
Not doing things in the usual way
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4.0
Refuses to obey rules or people in charge
3
5.3
Not following usual ways or customs
3
7.4
Not following the usual customs or rules of society
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7.6
Not following rules or instructions
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9.7
Not following the usual or accepted beliefs, often in religion
Not following the usual beliefs or practices
Not following usual ideas or ways
Disagreeing with the majority or with official opinion
Not following a religion's rules and customs
Not following the usual rules or ways that most people accept
Not following a group's official beliefs
Not supporting traditional ideas and old ways of doing things
Not following a required treatment, rule, or standard
Not following usual rules or ways
Antonyms
How Conforming
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5.9
175
2.8
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7.3
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7.1
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4.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonconforming = conforming (transparent) = non + conform + ing
The adjective is formed by adding the negative prefix 'non-' to the adjective 'conforming', so the negative meaning is directly predictable.
Etymology
Nonconforming begins with non- meaning 'not' and contains conform, from form meaning 'shape' or 'rule', so conform is 'to follow the usual shape or rules'. So a nonconforming person or idea does not 'fit the form' and refuses to follow the usual customs or the official church.