Nonconformity
# Nonconformity

Nonconformity or nonconformism may refer to:

## Culture and society

* Insubordination, the act of willfully disobeying an order of one's superior
* Dissent, a sentiment or philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea or entity
   * Organizational dissent, the expression of disagreement or contradictory opinions about organizational practices and policies
* Dissenter, one who disagrees in matters of opinion, belief, etc. Disagreeing with or actively pursuing opposition to the dominant states, political party or religions and their consensus.
* Counterculture, a subculture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, often in direct opposition
   * Bohemianism, the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, often in the company of like-minded people and with few permanent ties
   * Non-conformists of the 1930s, an avantgarde movement during the inter-war period in France
   * Counterculture of the 1960s
* Civil disobedience, the active, professed refusal of a citizen to comply with certain laws, demands, or commands of a government

## Christianity

* Nonconformist (Protestantism), the state of Protestants in England and Wales who do not adhere to the Church of England
* Nonconformity to the world, a Christian principle important especially among Anabaptist groups

## Other

* Nonconformity (quality), a term in quality management
* A type of unconformity in geology
* Nonconformity (Nelson Algren book), a 1950s essay published in 1996
