unconventionality
Americannoun
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disregard for convention; the state or quality of being inconsistent with customs, rules, etc.; originality.
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something unconventional, as an act.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of unconventionality
First recorded in 1850–55; un- 1 + conventionality
Example Sentences
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Sometime in my late teens, I dedicated myself to choosing small paths of unconventionality as a personal rebellion, as much as capitalism and social conditioning would allow.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025
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
Valle, who is transgender and nonbinary, cited the stone’s unconventionality as one reason she chose to use it in the ring for Orci, who is nonbinary.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2022
She knew Sasha would be fine at school—if anything, the skirts gave them a little extra cachet at Maybeck, where unconventionality was an asset.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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