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nonconformist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- English conform Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English conformist English nonconformist From non- + conformist.

Meanings

1. Not conforming to established customs, etc.
   • One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Halton Holegate:

Forms

Relateds

nonconformity · Nonconformist

Translations (11)

bg дисидентски (not conforming to established customs etc) · de nonkonformistisch (not conforming to established customs etc) · sv frireligiös (not conforming to established customs etc) · cmn 不循规蹈矩的 (not conforming to established customs etc) · sv icke-konformistisk (not conforming to established customs etc) · fr anticonformiste (not conforming to established customs etc) · it nonconformistica (not conforming to established customs etc) · sv nonkonformistisk (not conforming to established customs etc) · it nonconformistico (not conforming to established customs etc) · hu nonkonformista (not conforming to established customs etc) · fi epäsovinnainen (not conforming to established customs etc)

nonconformist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- English conform Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English conformist English nonconformist From non- + conformist.

Meanings

1. A member of a church separated from the Church of England; a Protestant dissenter.
2. Loosely, a Christian who does not conform to the doctrines of an established church.
3. Someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices.
4. A noctuid moth (Lithophane lamda).

Forms

Deriveds

nonconformist register

Synonyms

free spirit (someone who does not conform) · individualist · heteroclite

Translations (24)

el αιρετικός (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · cs nonkonformista (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · ru нонконформи́стка (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · cmn 不循规蹈矩者 (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · fi toisinajattelija (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · ro nonconformistă (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · sv icke-konformist (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · ca inconformista (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · bg дисидент (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · sv nonkonformist (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · pt não-conformista (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · es inconformista (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · ru нонконформи́ст (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · el ετερίδοξος (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · de Nonkonformistin (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · pl nonkonformista (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · fr non-conformiste (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · it anticonformista (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · kmr hizircuda (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · ro nonconformist (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · hu nonkonformista (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · de Nonkonformist (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · fr anticonformiste (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices) · kmr fikircuda (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices)