Nonconformist

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nonconformist \Non`con*form"ist\, n.
     One who does not conform to an established church;
     especially, one who does not conform to the established
     church of England; a dissenter.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nonconformist
       adj 1: not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of
              behavior or thought; "their rabidly nonformist
              deportment has made them legendary"; "the old stubborn
              nonconformist spirit of the early settlers" [syn: {unconformist}]
              [ant: {conformist}]
       2: not conforming to established customs or doctrines
          especially in religion [syn: {nonconforming}]
       n 1: a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of
            England [syn: {chapelgoer}] [ant: {Anglican}]
       2: someone who refuses to conform to established standards of
          conduct [syn: {recusant}] [ant: {conformist}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  191 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonconformist":
     Albigensian, Arian, Bohemian, Cathar, Donatist, Ebionite, Erastian,
     Gnostic, Jansenist, Lollard, Manichaean, Monophysite, Montanist,
     Pelagian, Sabellian, Waldensian, Wyclifite, agitator, alien,
     anomaly, antagonistic, antinomian, antipathetic, apostate, beatnik,
     brawler, breakaway, capricious, case, changeable, changing,
     character, choppy, clashing, conflicting, contradicting,
     contradictory, counteractant, counteracting, counteractive,
     countervailing, counterworking, crackpot, crank, cranky,
     crosspatch, crotchety, demurrer, deviant, deviating, deviative,
     deviatory, different, disorderly, dissenter, dissentient,
     dissident, divaricate, divergent, diversified, diversiform,
     dropout, eccentric, emanationist, erose, erratic, exception,
     extremist, fanatic, flake, flower child, freak, frondeur, heretic,
     heretical, hermit, heterodox, hippie, hobo, hostile, hylotheist,
     iconoclast, iconoclastic, impulsive, inconsistent, inconstant,
     individualist, individualistic, inimical, inner-directed,
     inner-directed person, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary,
     insurrectionist, insurrecto, irregular, jagged, jerky, kook,
     lone wolf, loner, malcontent, maverick, mercurial, meshuggenah,
     misbeliever, misfit, motley, mutable, mutineer, natural, naysayer,
     nonconformer, nonconforming, nonjuror, nonstandard, nonuniform,
     nut, objector, odd fellow, oddball, oddity, opinionist, opposing,
     opposition voice, oppositional, oppugnant, original, outsider,
     pantheist, pariah, perverse, pluralistic, protestant, protester,
     queer duck, queer fish, queer specimen, radical, ragged, rara avis,
     reactionary, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recluse, recusant,
     renegade, renitent, repugnant, resistant, revolter, revolutionary,
     revolutionist, rioter, rough, schismatic, screwball, sectarian,
     sectary, separatist, solitary, spasmodic, sporadic, sport,
     strange duck, subversive, swinger, traitor, tramp, type,
     ugly duckling, unconformist, unequable, unequal, uneven,
     unorthodox, unstable, unsteady, unsystematic, ununiform, variable,
     variegated, variform, various, varying, wavering, weirdo, yippie,
     zealot