unconventionality

[ uhn-kuh n-ven-shuh-nal-i-tee ]

/ ˌʌn kənˌvɛn ʃəˈnæl ɪ ti /

disregard for convention; the state or quality of being inconsistent with customs, rules, etc.; originality.

something unconventional, as an act.

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First recorded in 1850–55; un-¹ + conventionality

She was transparently good, and he guessed that unconventionality was unusual with her.
Here and Hereafter|Barry Pain
Daventry had dwelt several times on Mrs. Clarke's unconventionality; evidently the defense meant to lay stress on it.
In the Wilderness|Robert Hichens
Such a spot—an ideal corner of all unconventionality—is Soho.
Sally Bishop|E. Temple Thurston
A little dash of unconventionality like that is wanted in Dulwich and in all Public Schools.
War Letters of a Public-School Boy|Paul Jones.

The unconventionality of this correspondence, you see, is not all on one side.
August First|Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews and Roy Irving Murray