NONCONFORMITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does nonconformity mean?
• NONCONFORMITY (noun)
The noun NONCONFORMITY has 4 senses:
1. lack of harmony or correspondence
2. a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
3. unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values
4. failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior
Familiarity information: NONCONFORMITY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• NONCONFORMITY (noun)
Meaning:
Lack of harmony or correspondence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("nonconformity" is a kind of...):
disagreement (the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing)
Meaning:
A lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
nonconformance; nonconformism; nonconformity
Hypernyms ("nonconformity" is a kind of...):
heresy; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy (any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position)
Antonym:
conformity (orthodoxy in thoughts and belief)
Meaning:
Unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("nonconformity" is a kind of...):
heterodoxy; unorthodoxy (the quality of being unorthodox)
Meaning:
Failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
nonconformance; nonconformity
Hypernyms ("nonconformity" is a kind of...):
failure (an act that fails)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonconformity"):
nonobservance (a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.)
Antonym:
conformity (acting according to certain accepted standards)
