Concept cluster: Positive qualities > Nonconforming
adj
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
adv
In an adult manner, not childishly.
adj
Not based on reality; having no solid foundation
adv
In an anarchistic manner.
adj
irregular
adv
In an anomalous manner.
adj
(obsolete) Not according to rule; abnormal.
adj
Rejecting conventions; opposing what is conventional or mainstream.
adj
Intentionally contrary to mainstream fashion.
adj
Lacking or (especially) opposed to reason and rational thought.
adj
That disapproves of excessive regulation
adj
Unusual or irregular.
adj
Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
adj
(obsolete) Odd; out of order; perverse.
adv
In a biased manner.
n
(figuratively) Something believed impossible or not to exist, of which an example is subsequently found.
adj
Unconventional, especially in habit or dress.
adv
In a contactless manner
adv
in a manner contrary to intuition or common sense
adj
irregular in form; not uniform; anomalous or dissimilar
adj
Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
n
exceptionability
adv
(uncommon) In an exceptionless manner, (performed) without exception.
adj
Lacking facts; inaccurate or fictional.
adj
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.
adj
(informal) Beyond the mainstream.
adj
Using unconventional, non-traditional, non-mainstream and often subversive practices to achieve something.
n
A person who is unconventional; a maverick
adj
(grammar) Nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage.
adj
Aesthetically displeasing.
adv
In an incorporeal manner.
adj
Independent; from outside the mainstream.
n
The state of existing in something
n
An intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought.
adv
Innately; by instinct; without being taught.
n
A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
adj
From out of left field; off-the-wall; unconventional.
n
(by extension) One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules.
adj
(UK) Using or involving the use of original, innovative and unconventional methods; departing from tradition.
adj
passive-aggressive
adv
In a neutral manner; evenhandedly or fairly.
n
The state or fact of being nothing; nothingness, nullity; nonexistence.
n
Alternative form of nobodiness [The quality of being nobody, or a nobody.]
n
(humor) A kind of pun that uses a change of word, subject, or meaning to make a joke of the listener’s expectation.
adv
In a nonconformist manner.
adv
unconstitutionally
n
(uncountable): the state of not existing; nonexistence
adj
Innovative; new; daring
adv
Without a norm.
n
(metaphysics) The negative of self.
adj
Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
adj
Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
adj
Exotic, not mainstream.
n
Something that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.
adj
(idiomatic) Different than usual.
adj
(animation, of a cartoon character) Deviating from the original source material or model sheets.
n
(slang) An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform.
adj
(philosophy) evading a precise or holistic definition
n
(art) Art by untrained artists, outside of the institutional mainstream.
n
An untrained artist who works outside of the mainstream.
adj
(geology) Exhibiting paraconformity.
adj
(geology) deposited or having occurred after an unconformity
adj
(geology) Synonym of paraconformable
adj
That appears to conform, but in practice does not.
n
(geology) Synonym of paraconformity
adj
Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.
adj
(of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
adj
(informal) That is counter to a current trend
adj
(archaic) spontaneous; voluntary
adv
In an unbiological manner
adj
Out of character; behavior that is unusual for a given person or thing.
adj
(obsolete) unlike
adv
In a manner or to an extent that is unconstitutional.
adj
Out of the ordinary
n
Unconventional style or behaviour.
adj
Of a style that will not go out of fashion; a classic.
adj
Existing or operating without involvement by the body; solely mental or intellectual; “ungrounded”, “heady”.
n
(philosophy) Lack of essence; that which is not essence.
adv
In an unforced manner; naturally, voluntarily.
adj
Of a behavior, not learned; innate.
adj
Unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic.
adv
In an unsocialistic way; contrary to socialism.
n
unusualness
adj
Unconventional, eccentric.
adj
unusual, unconventional or strange

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