nonconformity
noun [ U ] uk/ˌnɒn.kənˈfɔː.mə.ti/ us/ˌnɑːn.kənˈfɔːr.mə.t̬i/ (also nonconformism, uk/-mɪ.zəm/ us)
不遵循常规,不落俗套
the quality of living and thinking in a way that is different from other people
Her clothes were an immediate signal of her nonconformity. 她的衣着打扮是她不愿循规蹈矩的直接信号。
See: nonconformist
religion (also Nonconformity)信奉基督教新教,但不隶属于英国国教的做法
the practice of belonging to a Christian group that is Protestant but does not belong to the Church of England
Nonconformity was common in the seventeenth century. 皈依新教却不信奉英国国教,这在十七世纪很寻常。
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- In all of his actions, we see a person of vigorous independence and nonconformity who relentlessly questioned conventional thinking.
- Hatred of nonconformity was not confined just to totalitarian countries.
- Nonconformity in the workplace can be read as a negative characteristic.
- Not until the Methodists came did Doncaster turn to Nonconformity.
- Throughout the nineteenth century nonconformity grew and literacy flourished in the resultant chapel-based communities.