nonconformist

Meanings

Plural: nonconformists

Noun

• a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England
• someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
• A member of a church separated from the Church of England; a Protestant dissenter.
• Loosely, a Christian who does not conform to the doctrines of an established church.
• Someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices.
• A noctuid moth (Lithophane lamda).

Adjective

• not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought
  • "their rabidly nonconformist deportment has made them legendary"
  • "the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers"

Adjective Satellite

• not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

Adj

• Not conforming to established customs, etc.

Synonyms

chapelgoer, free spirit, heteroclite, individualist, maverick, nonconforming, recusant, unconformist

Antonyms

Anglican, conformist

Related Words

Nonconformist, nonconformity

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