nonconformist

See also: Nonconformist

English

Alternative forms

• non-conformist

Etymology

Etymology tree

English non-

English conform

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

nonconformist (plural nonconformists)

1. A member of a church separated from the Church of England; a Protestant dissenter. [from 17th c.]
2. Loosely, a Christian who does not conform to the doctrines of an established church. [from 17th c.]
3. Someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices. [from 17th c.]
4. A noctuid moth (Lithophane lamda).

Synonyms

• (someone who does not conform): free spirit, heteroclite, individualist; see also Thesaurus:maverick

Derived terms

• nonconformist register

Translations

someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices

• Bulgarian: дисидент (bg) m (disident)
• Catalan: inconformista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: , 不循规蹈矩者

• Czech: nonkonformista m
• Finnish: toisinajattelija (fi)
• French: anticonformiste (fr) m or f, non-conformiste (fr) m or f
• German: Nonkonformist (de) m, Nonkonformistin f
• Greek: αιρετικός (el) m (airetikós), ετερίδοξος m (eterídoxos)
• Hungarian: nonkonformista (hu)
• Italian: anticonformista (it) m or f
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: fikircuda m or f, hizircuda m or f

• Polish: nonkonformista (pl) m
• Portuguese: não-conformista m or f
• Romanian: nonconformist (ro) m, nonconformistă (ro) f
• Russian: нонконформи́ст (ru) m (nonkonformíst), нонконформи́стка f (nonkonformístka)
• Spanish: inconformista (es) m or f
• Swedish: icke-konformist, nonkonformist c

Adjective

nonconformist (comparative more nonconformist, superlative most nonconformist)

1. Not conforming to established customs, etc.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Halton Holegate:

     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.

Translations

not conforming to established customs etc

• Bulgarian: дисидентски (disidentski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: , 不循规蹈矩的

• Finnish: epäsovinnainen
• French: anticonformiste (fr) m or f
• German: nonkonformistisch
• Hungarian: nonkonformista (hu)
• Italian: nonconformistico m, nonconformistica f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: frireligiös (sv) (in religious sense), icke-konformistisk, nonkonformistisk

See also

• Nonconformist
• nonconformity

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French non-conformiste.

Noun

nonconformist m (plural nonconformiști, feminine equivalent nonconformistă)

1. nonconformist, maverick

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	nonconformist	nonconformistul	nonconformiști	nonconformiștii
genitive-dative	nonconformist	nonconformistului	nonconformiști	nonconformiștilor
vocative	nonconformistule		nonconformiștilor