unconformityn.
/ˌʌnkənˈfɔːmᵻti/, /ˌʌŋkənˈfɔːmᵻti/, U.S. /ˌənkənˈfɔrmədi/ 1. Lack of conformity (to something).
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > deviation from normal standards of behaviour
fantasticnessc1550
irregularship1577
fantasticalness1581
inconformity1594
irregularity1598
unconformitya1600
excess1709
eccentricity1794
quizziness1798
unconventionality1854
unconventionalism1868
deviation1912
deviance1944
deviancy1954
way-outness1961
quirkiness1971
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > [noun]
difformity1530
disconformity1572
inconformity1594
unconformitya1600
incompliance1656
a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xxiii, in Wks. (1662) 65 So odiously to be upbraided with unconformity unto the pattern of our Lord and Saviours estate.
1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 435 The Moral Goodness or Evil of men's Actions, which consist in their Conformity, or Unconformity to Right Reason.
1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 69 In a direct Unconformity to the Rules.
1781 M. Madan Thelyphthora III. Pref. p. vii He..has been at the pains to shew its unconformity to the Divine system, in the former parts of this work.
1982 K. Smidt (title) Unconformities in Shakespeare's history plays.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > nonconformity > [noun]
dissent1585
dissenting1593
nonconformitya1631
inconformity1633
unconformity1635
nonconforming1651
dissentaneousness1652
nonconformitancya1670
dissension1708
Dissenterism1809
nonconformism1844
dissentism1859
Dissenterage1867
1635 Bp. of Peterborough in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 275 No man's learning and piety shall excuse, with me, his unconformity.
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 580 To wit, distractions, dissentions, Unconformity, with a perpetually-fleeting Changeablenes of their tenet.
a1677 T. Manton Serm. John xvii. 11 in Wks. (1872) X. 330 Every modest dissent and unconformity is branded with the name of schism.
3. Geology.
a. The fact of being unconformable or unconformed; difference of plane.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fact of
unconformity1829
unconformability1833
1829 J. Phillips Illustr. Geol. Yorks. I. i. 125 Proving the great unconformity of strata beneath the Yorkshire wolds.
1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. iii. 81 The general unconformity of the Permian and Triassic rocks.
b. With a and plural. An instance of this.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun]
discordance1823
unconformity1863
disconformity1906
1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (i. 12) 56 The stratifications of the earth's crust with all their slips, elevations, depressions, unconformities.
1895 J. W. Powell in National Geographic Monogr. I. i. 18 Ore deposits are often found in unconformities.
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