nonconform

plural nonconforms

1. A manufactured product, that is conform to the living required standards in a zone.

   Within a particular batch there are a number of nonconforms sprinkled in some unknown way[…]

   2006, William D. Mawby, Integrating Inspection Management Into Your Quality Improvement System, page 57

present singular third person nonconforms · participle present nonconforming · participle past nonconformed · past nonconformed

1. intransitiveTo fail or refuse to conform; to differ.

   Here, the influencee nonconforms by actively rebelling against influence.

   2007, Anthony R. Pratkanis, The Science of Social Influence, page 195

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   I did not acknowledge that I had Lesbian feelings until I was in my twenties, but long before that Baldwin's homosexuality was also a hopeful sign. If nothing else, it indicated his capacity to radically non-conform, to carve out his own emotional freedom, lessons that I myself would have to learn.

   1987 December 20, Barbara Smith, “We Must Always Bury Our Dead Twice”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 23, page 8

   Where an individual fails to live up to expectancies, i.e. nonconforms, he (or she) loses credits, but may maintain some appropriate level of credits by continuing to be perceived as a contributor to the fulfillment of the goals of the group.

   2006, Ralph L. Rosnow, Donald A. Hantula, Advances in social and organizational psychology, page 299

   Synonyms: dance to a different tune, make waves, march to the beat of a different drum, rock the boat