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Inconformity vs Nonconformity - What's the difference?

inconformity | nonconformity |

As nouns the difference between inconformity and nonconformity

is that inconformity is (obsolete) lack of conformity while nonconformity is rejection of or the failure to conform, especially to standards, rules, or laws.

inconformity

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) Lack of conformity.
    • (Webster 1913)

    nonconformity

    English

    Noun

  • rejection of or the failure to conform, especially to standards, rules, or laws
  • (religion) the refusal to adhere to a state religion
  • (geology) A type of unconformity in which a non-sedimentary rock intrudes in sedimentary layers.

    • Related terms

    * nonconformism

    See also

    * alternativism * unconformity * disconformity