unconventionality
Americannoun
plural
unconventionalities-
disregard for convention; the state or quality of being inconsistent with customs, rules, etc.; originality.
-
something unconventional, as an act.
Etymology
Origin of unconventionality
First recorded in 1850–55; un- 1 + conventionality
Example Sentences
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The plays he’s drawn to don’t follow prescribed patterns but they wear their unconventionality with a difference.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Also, working from home, together, was seen as exciting to some — but the unconventionality of it all eventually faded.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2024
With Hawkins’s alternately elfin and flinty performance at its center, “The Lost King” winds up being a paean to amateurism and unconventionality.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2023
I adored the unconventionality of this story, from the prose to the big revelations at the end.
From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2022
Another was that her eldest daughter married a severe young man with jet-black hair and an appetite for unconventionality.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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