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Nonconformity
Nonconformity meaning
A refusal to conform to the doctrine, discipline, or practice of a state religion, especially refusal by other Protestants to conform to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England; the principles or practice of nonconformists; nonconformists as a class. | A rejection of, or failure to conform to, a practice, standard, rule, or law. | A type of unconformity in which a nonsedimentary rock intrudes in sedimentary layers.
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Nonconformity The Aberdare Valley was a stronghold of Nonconformity from the mid-nineteenth century until the inter-war years.
If parents fail to serve Republicans as a disciplining force against gender nonconformity, the GOP passion for parental rights flies out the window.
The appropriation of advertising language feels less effective too in a world where the field is now flooded with images of plus-size and various generations of women, a rainbow of cultures and races, and many flavors of gender nonconformity.
This year’s Oscar nominations seem to confirm that for every step the Academy takes towards progress and nonconformity, it takes two steps back.
Thai culture has also historically been more accepting and tolerant of gender diversity and gender-nonconformity than other cultures.
We don’t yet know whether the chimps feel pressure to conform or if there are punishments or sanctions for nonconformity, says van Schaik.
The queercore subculture eventually spun off from punk in the '80s, keeping punk's DIY ethos while championing a message about nonconformity and eschewing the heteronormative.
The novel is a sensitive and subtle exploration of the experience of gender nonconformity across cultures.
He worked for establishment of Presbyterianism; successively at Leeds, Preston, and Garstang, whence he was ejected for nonconformity in 1662.
His Mischief of Impositions (1680) in answer to Stillingfleet's Mischief of Separation, and Melius Inquirenduni (1679) in answer to Goodman's Compassionate Inquiry, remain historical landmarks in the history of nonconformity.
Lisa R. Miller and Eric Anthony Grollman found in their 2015 study that "gender nonconformity may heighten trans people's exposure to discrimination and health-harming behaviors.
Maslin agreed; she said that while it "takes aim at targets that are none too fresh", and that the theme of nonconformity did not surprise, the film had its own "corrosive novelty".
N. H. Keeble, The Literary Culture of Nonconformity in Later Seventeenth-Century England (1987), p. 153. Puritans eliminated the use of musical instruments in their religious services for theological and practical reasons.