nonconformity

/ˌnɒnkənˈfɔːməti/non-kuhn-FAWR-muh-tee

/ˌnɑnkənˈfɔɹməti/nahn-kuhn-FAWR-muh-tee

Meaningnot taking the same shape

Common meaning: declining to go along with the usual ways

nonnot
conwith, together; thoroughly
formshape, outline, lookLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 768 · scan
itynoun ending: being so, the quality of

‘not’ + ‘with, together’ + ‘shape, outline, look’ → nonconformity

Journey through time

Latinfōrma, -ae‘shape, outline, look’
Frenchconformer
Englishnonconformity‘declining to go along with the usual ways’ · today

non- also in: nonverbal nonchalant nontrivial nonphysical nonresident

con- also in: convex convey concave conceal concede

form also in: formal formula formulate deform uniform

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin fōrma ‘shape, outline, look’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fōrma, p. 768 · dictionary scan

Roots

fōrma, -ae Latin “shape, outline, look”

Related words

conformation cuneiform deform formal formula formulate uniform

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