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nonconventional en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- English convention English -al English conventional English nonconventional From non- + conventional.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not conventional.
   • "Growing evidence suggests that only by broadening treatment strategies to include holistic and alternative treatments will a long-term solution to AIDS be found," Bob Lederer told GCN recently. Joined by a group of holistic healers, PWAs involved in nonconventional health care, and other interested ACT UP members, […] 1988 December 18, Andrew Miller, “ACT UP/NY Addresses Alternative/Holistic Treatments”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 23, page 2:

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