NONCONFORMITY Synonyms

• intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude

• a hostile challenge

• a defiant act

• a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

• the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function

• the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances

• deviate behavior

• a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

• the failure to obey

• the trait of being unwilling to obey

• (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority

• a difference of opinion

• the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

• withhold assent

• express opposition through action or words

• be of different opinions

• defiance of authority

• an insubordinate act

• the failure to obey

• a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.

• refusal to accept some authority or code or convention

• organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

• originality by virtue of being unconventional

• unorthodoxy by virtue of being unconventional

• any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

• a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

• the quality of being unorthodox

• a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs

• the practice of nonconformity