NONCONFORMITY


Meaning of NONCONFORMITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈfȯr-mə-tē ]

noun

Date: 1618

1.

a. : failure or refusal to conform to an established church

b. often capitalized : the movement or principles of English Protestant dissent

c. often capitalized : the body of English Nonconformists

2. : refusal to conform to an established or conventional creed, rule, or practice

3. : absence of agreement or correspondence

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.