nonconform

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Definition of nonconform

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A manufactured product, that is conform to the living required standards in a zone.
    “Within a particular batch there are a number of nonconforms sprinkled in some unknown way[…]”
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noun

  1. A manufactured product, that is conform to the living required standards in a zone.
    “Within a particular batch there are a number of nonconforms sprinkled in some unknown way[…]”

verb

  1. (intransitive)To fail or refuse to conform; to differ.
    “I did not acknowledge that I had Lesbian feelings until I was in my twenties, but long before that Baldwin's homosexuality was also a hopeful sign. If nothing else, it indicated his capacity to radically non-conform, to carve out his own emotional freedom, lessons that I myself would have to learn.”
    “Where an individual fails to live up to expectancies, i.e. nonconforms, he (or she) loses credits, but may maintain some appropriate level of credits by continuing to be perceived as a contributor to the fulfillment of the goals of the group.”
    “Here, the influencee nonconforms by actively rebelling against influence.”

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Etymology

From non- + conform.

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