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nonconformism

noun
non·​con·​form·​ism | \ ËŒnän-kÉ™n-ˈfȯr-ËŒmi-zÉ™m How to pronounce nonconformism (audio) \

Definition of nonconformism

: nonconformity

Examples of nonconformism in a Sentence

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 On both their 2015 debut Ugly Cherries and their new album Pageant, PWR BTTM sang of feeling out-of-step not because of vague nonconformism but because society literally doesn’t recognize them. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "A Complication to the Queering of Pop Punk," 12 May 2017

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First Known Use of nonconformism

1844, in the meaning defined above

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