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.
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Etymology
Origin of unconventionality
First recorded in 1850–55; un- 1 + conventionality
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Santee Alley was born out of unconventionality with its makeshift stores designed to break retail rules.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 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
In an industry that prides itself on its unconventionality, he’s the real chaos agent.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
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
Among the many unconventionalities of Donald Trump’s campaign was the way he used his daughter as a surrogate spouse.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2016
Her life was full of eager unconventionalities that drew down on her the frequent distrust of her co-religionists and fellow-townsmen.
From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint
Your outward observance of the conventions under such trying circumstances has abolished any qualms the people felt because of your many past unconventionalities.
From The Unwilling Vestal by White, Edward Lucas
"I am not, this morning, in a mood for unconventionalities," Madame von Marwitz returned, meeting his gaze with her mingled severity and softness.
From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
Mount Henneth is perhaps the liveliest of all: though its liveliness is partly achieved by less merely extravagant unconventionalities than this.
From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George
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