unconventionality

UK/ˌʌnkənˌvɛn(t)ʃəˈnaləti/UK/ˌʌnkənˌvɛn(t)ʃəˈnalɪti/UK/ˌʌŋ-/

noun

The state of being unconventional.

“The psychologist regarded Sofie's extreme unconventionality and intelligence as pointing towards very high openness to experience.”

Similar
eccentricitynonconformityquirkiness
Opposite
conventionalityconformitynormalcynormality
OriginEnglish conventionality ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

noununconventionality (countable and uncountable, plural unconventionalities)

plural unconventionalities

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being unconventional.

    The psychologist regarded Sofie's extreme unconventionality and intelligence as pointing towards very high openness to experience.

    Synonyms: eccentricity, nonconformity, quirkiness · Antonyms: conventionality, conformity, normalcy, normality

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state of being unconventional.

Similar
eccentricitynonconformityquirkiness
Opposite
conventionalityconformitynormalcynormality

More synonyms by meaning

nounoriginality by virtue of being unconventional

Opposite
conventionality
Broader
originality

noununorthodoxy by virtue of being unconventional

Opposite
conventionality
Broader
unorthodoxyheterodoxy
Also see
unconformity

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishconventionality
  9. Englishunconventionality

From un- + conventionality.

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APA

unconventionality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconventionality

MLA

“unconventionality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconventionality. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unconventionality,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconventionality.

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