nonconformist

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  1. noun One who does not conform to, or refuses to be bound by, accepted beliefs, customs, or practices.
  2. noun A member of a Protestant church not observing the doctrines, usage, or polity of a national or established church, especially the Church of England.

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  • “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist,” Emerson says. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Mary Wollstonecraft, by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • The bleak face, long upper lip and severe side whiskers made the little man look exactly like a nonconformist parson of the old days, but his tone and manner were modern—quiet and conversational. —  Oscar Wilde, Volume 1
  • It looks like a nonconformist chapel, a barn of a room with a gallery at the back and a little wooden stage. —  Oscar Wilde, Volume 2
  • Could they be a way to empower that which is different and nonconformist, a way to fight back at normal society? —  COMIXTALK
  • Under the conservative Banda regime, the program was suspended for several years due to the "nonconformist" role of some volunteers but was restored in 1978.
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