UNCONVENTIONAL


Meaning of UNCONVENTIONAL in English

INDEX:

1. conventional

2. unconventional

RELATED WORDS

see also

↑ NORMAL/ORDINARY

↑ TRADITION

↑ OLD-FASHIONED

↑ CRAZY

↑ STRANGE

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1. conventional

▷ conventional /kənˈvenʃ ə nəl/ [adjective]

conventional people, behaviour, and opinions are the type that most people in society think are normal and socially acceptable, although some people think they are boring and old-fashioned :

▪ Rosemary led a quiet, conventional life until she went to college.

▪ Her outrageous stage act is seen as a challenge to conventional morality.

▪ Acupuncture may work, but I still believe in a more conventional approach to medicine.

conventionally [adverb]

▪ She was dressed very conventionally in a dull grey suit.

▪ Dickinson was very spiritual but not conventionally religious.

▷ conformist /kənˈfɔːʳmɪst, kənˈfɔːʳməst/ [adjective]

thinking and behaving like everyone else, because you do not want to be different :

▪ Your problem is that you are too conformist in your thinking.

▪ Our children’s creativity is being beaten down by the conformist educational system.

conformist [countable noun]

▪ He’d never dream of trying something like that - he’s too much of a conformist.

conformity [uncountable noun]

▪ The system seems to value conformity over originality.

▷ straight /streɪt/ [adjective not usually before noun] informal

conventional and often fairly boring :

▪ Paul’s quite nice but he’s awfully straight.

▪ I can’t stand it when your friends come to visit - they’re so straight.

▷ conservative /kənˈsɜːʳvətɪv/ [adjective]

a conservative person is fairly old-fashioned in their attitudes, beliefs, styles of clothes etc, and does not like change or new ideas. Old-fashioned attitudes, beliefs, styles etc can also be called conservative :

▪ June’s parents were very conservative and wouldn’t allow her to date till she was 18.

▪ middle-aged men in conservative business suits

conservatively [adverb]

▪ She was in her mid-thirties, attractive, and conservatively dressed.

▷ suburban /səˈbɜːʳbən/ [adjective] especially British

typical of the attitudes and way of life of people who are conventional and ordinary, and who disapprove of anyone who does not live or behave like them :

▪ She hated her parents’ suburban attitudes.

▪ Despite her suburban clothes and appearance she was popular at college.

▷ traditional /trəˈdɪʃ ə nəl/ [adjective]

doing things in a way that have existed for a long time, and not interested in anything new or different :

▪ Many traditional teachers still think of computers as useless toys.

▪ His critics objected to the way he broke many of the traditional rules of art.

2. unconventional

▷ unconventional /ˌʌnkənˈvenʃ ə nəl◂/ [adjective]

very different from the way people usually behave, think, dress etc :

▪ His business methods were unconventional but successful.

▪ Her unconventional opinions finally cost her her job.

▪ The two never lived in the same house, but their unconventional marriage lasted over 30 years.

▷ alternative /ɔːlˈtɜːʳnətɪv/ [adjective only before noun]

alternative methods, ideas, ways of living etc are completely different from the ones that most people think are normal, and are based on different principles :

alternative medicine/lifestyle/music etc

▪ Alternative medicine can cure many problems but not diseases like cancer.

▪ San Francisco has a long history of accepting the city’s many alternative lifestyles.

▷ unorthodox /ʌnˈɔːʳθədɒksǁ-dɑːks/ [adjective]

ideas, behaviour, or methods that are unorthodox are original and different from what is usual or the accepted principles of a profession, religion etc :

▪ There was no tolerance of unorthodox political views.

▪ Treating the disease with a diet rather than with medicine is an unorthodox approach that few doctors recommend.

▷ nonconformist /ˌnɒnkənˈfɔːʳmɪst◂, ˌnɒnkənˈfɔːʳməst◂ǁˌnɑːn-/ [adjective]

not wanting to think or behave in the same way as most ordinary people, or to follow accepted ways of doing things :

▪ As a writer he remained nonconformist all his life, always searching for new means of expression.

nonconformist [countable noun]

▪ She prided herself on being a nonconformist, on getting results by breaking the rules.

▷ drop out /ˌdrɒp ˈaʊtǁˌdrɑːp-/ [intransitive phrasal verb]

to decide not to work or take part in normal society because you want to be different and live life your own way :

▪ He advised young people to ‘turn on, tune in, and drop out’.

drop out of

▪ She decided to drop out of the rat race because she couldn’t stand working 60 hours a week.

dropout/drop-out /ˈdrɒpaʊtǁˈdrɑːp-/ [countable noun]

▪ He was a dropout and a hippy back in the '60s.

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