nonconformity

nonconformity
/non'keuhn fawr"mi tee/, n.
1. failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
2. lack of conformity or agreement.
3. (often cap.) refusal to conform to the Church of England.
4. Geol. an unconformity that separates crystalline rocks, either igneous or metamorphic, from sedimentary rocks.
[1610-20; NON- + CONFORMITY]

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