NONCONFORMANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonconformance mean? 

• NONCONFORMANCE (noun)
  The noun NONCONFORMANCE has 2 senses:

1. a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs

2. failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior

  Familiarity information: NONCONFORMANCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONCONFORMANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

nonconformance; nonconformism; nonconformity

Hypernyms ("nonconformance" is a kind of...):

heresy; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy (any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

nonconformance; nonconformity

Hypernyms ("nonconformance" is a kind of...):

failure (an act that fails)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonconformance"):

nonobservance (a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.)