| Main Entry: | nonconformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, behavior different from most |
Synonyms: |
bohemianism, breach, contumaciousness, denial, disaffection, disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, discordance, disobedience, dissent, eccentricity, exception, heresy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, insubordination, lawlessness, mutinousness, negation, nonacceptance, nonagreement, noncompliance, nonconsent, objection, opposition, originality, recalcitrance, recusance, recusancy, rejection, strangeness, transgressiveness, unconventionality, uniqueness, unorthodoxy, unruliness, veto, violation |
Antonyms: |
compliance, conformity, obedience, orthodoxy |
| Main Entry: | difference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dissimilarity, distinctness |
Synonyms: |
aberration, alteration, anomaly, antithesis, asymmetry, change, characteristic, contrariety, contrariness, contrast, departure, deviation, digression, discongruity, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, distinction, divergence, diversity, exception, heterogeneity, idiosyncrasy, inequality, irregularity, nonconformity, opposition, particularity, peculiarity, separateness, separation, singularity, unconformity, unlikeness, unorthodoxness, variance, variation, variety |
| Notes: | deference is a courteous expression of regard or respect, while difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar deferential means showing courteous expression of regard or respect; difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; differential means relating to or showing a difference or the quality of the difference between similar things |
Antonyms: |
accord, agreement, alikeness, concurrence, conformity, likeness, sameness, similarity, uniformity |
| Main Entry: | dissent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement, disapproval |
Synonyms: |
bone of contention, bone to pick, bone, clinker, conflict, contention, denial, difference, disaccord, discord, dissension, dissidence, disunity, far cry, flak, hassle, heresy, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonagreement, nonconcurrence, nonconformism, nonconformity, nope, objection, opposition, poles apart, protest, refusal, resistance, schism, sour note, spat, split, strife, unorthodoxy, variance |
Antonyms: |
agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, endorsement, ratification, sanction |
| Main Entry: | dissidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference of opinion |
Synonyms: |
bad vibes, contention, disaccord, disagreement, discordance, disharmony, dispeace, dispute, dissension, dissent, feud, heresy, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonconformism, nonconformity, rupture, schism, sour note, strife, unorthodoxy |
Antonyms: |
agreement, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | eccentricity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bizarreness, unusualness |
Synonyms: |
aberration, abnormality, anomaly, caprice, capriciousness, foible, freakishness, hereticism, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, irregularity, kink, nonconformity, oddity, oddness, outlandishness, peculiarity, queerness, quirk, singularity, strangeness, unconventionality, unorthodoxness, waywardness, weirdness, whimsicality, whimsicalness |
Antonyms: |
commonality, dullness, normality, regularness, standard, uniformity, usual, usualness |
| Main Entry: | exception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | special case; irregularity |
Synonyms: |
allowance, anomalism, anomaly, departure, deviation, difference, dispensation, eccentricity, exemption, freak, inconsistency, nonconformity, oddity, peculiarity, perquisitor, privilege, privileged person, quirk |
Antonyms: |
normality, regularity, usualness |
| Main Entry: | heresy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unorthodox opinion, especially in religious matters |
Synonyms: |
agnosticism, apostasy, atheism, blasphemy, defection, disbelief, dissent, dissidence, divergence, error, fallacy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, impiety, infidelity, misbelief, nonconformism, nonconformity, paganism, revisionism, schism, sectarianism, secularism, sin |
Antonyms: |
orthodoxy |
| Main Entry: | originality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creativeness |
Synonyms: |
boldness, brilliance, cleverness, creative spirit, creativity, daring, freshness, imagination, imaginativeness, individuality, ingeniousness, ingenuity, innovation, innovativeness, invention, inventiveness, modernity, new idea, newness, nonconformity, novelty, resourcefulness, spirit, unconventionality, unorthodoxy |
Antonyms: |
orthodoxy |
| Main Entry: | rebellion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience; revolt |
Synonyms: |
apostasy, defiance, disobedience, dissent, heresy, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, nonconformity, revolution, rising, schism, uprising |
Antonyms: |
calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | irregularity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that is irregular |
Synonyms: |
abnormality, allowance, anomaly, characteristic, deviation, dispensation, eccentricity, exception, excess, exemption, innovation, laxity, looseness, malformation, malfunction, nonconformity, oddity, peculiarity, privilege, quirk, rarity, singularity, strangeness, unconformity, uniqueness, unorthodoxy |
Antonyms: |
custom, regularity, rule |