Nonconformity Explained

Nonconformity or nonconformism may refer to:

Culture and society

• Insubordination, the act of willfully disobeying an order of one's superior
• Dissent, a sentiment or philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea or entity
  • Organizational dissent, the expression of disagreement or contradictory opinions about organizational practices and policies
• Dissenter, one who disagrees in matters of opinion, belief, etc. Disagreeing with or actively pursuing opposition to the dominant states, political party or religions and their consensus.
• Counterculture, a subculture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, often in direct opposition
  • Bohemianism, the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, often in the company of like-minded people and with few permanent ties
  • Non-conformists of the 1930s, an avantgarde movement during the inter-war period in France
  • Counterculture of the 1960s
• Civil disobedience, the active, professed refusal of a citizen to comply with certain laws, demands, or commands of a government

Christianity

• Nonconformist (Protestantism), the state of Protestants in England and Wales who do not adhere to the Church of England
• Nonconformity to the world, a Christian principle important especially among Anabaptist groups

Other

• Nonconformity (quality), a term in quality management
• A type of unconformity in geology
• Nonconformity (Nelson Algren book), a 1950s essay published in 1996