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1. Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
   - recusant

1. Not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behaviour or thought
   "the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers"; "their rabidly nonconformist deportment has made them legendary";
   - unconformist
    
2. Not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion
   - nonconforming

1. A Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England
   - chapelgoer

Derived forms: nonconformists, Nonconformists

See also: unorthodox

Type of: contestant, dissenter, dissident, objector, Protestant, protester, protestor

Antonym: Anglican, conformist

Encyclopedia: Nonconformist