Nonconformity
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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
- 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
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gollark: Not *animated*, just a different color per nebula. You could randomly generate their patterns too.
gollark: Take *that*, nebula lineage builders!
gollark: You should also make nebulae come in an infinite range of colours.
gollark: Ah, so we could have messaging, yes.
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