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nonconformism

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non·​con·​form·​ism | \ ˌnän-kən-ˈfȯr-ˌmi-zəm How to pronounce nonconformism (audio) \

Definition of nonconformism

: nonconformity

Examples of nonconformism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 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

First Known Use of nonconformism

1844, in the meaning defined above

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