nonconformist
noun
[ ˌnɒnkənˈfɔːmɪst ]
• a member of a Protestant Church which dissents from the established Church of England.
• "originally a Nonconformist, he was later converted to Anglo-Catholicism"
• a person who does not conform to prevailing ideas or practices in their behaviour or views.
• "Jenkins was a nonconformist who disdained the rugby union coaching certificate"
Similar:
dissenter,
dissentient,
protester,
rebel,
renegade,
freethinker,
apostate,
heretic,
schismatic,
recusant,
seceder,
individualist,
free spirit,
maverick,
unorthodox person,
eccentric,
original,
deviant,
misfit,
hippy,
dropout,
fish out of water,
outsider,
freak,
oddball,
odd fish,
weirdo,
weirdie,
bad boy,
screwball,
kook,
wackadoo,
wackadoodle,
nonconformist
adjective
• relating to Nonconformists or their principles and practices.
• "teetotalism was a largely Nonconformist movement"
• characterized by behaviour or views that do not conform to prevailing ideas or practices.
• "he was eccentric and nonconformist, as artists tend to be"
