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unconventionality

[ uhn-kuhn-ven-shuh-nal-i-tee ]

noun

plural unconventionalities
  1. disregard for convention; the state or quality of being inconsistent with customs, rules, etc.; originality.
  2. something unconventional, as an act.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unconventionality1

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

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Also, working from home, together, was seen as exciting to some — but the unconventionality of it all eventually faded.

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The unconventionality of her advice on salt caused a stir, shall we say, especially in Britain, a place where tea drinking is profoundly ingrained.

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If pop has begun embracing a “genreless” approach to music, it seems like that unconventionality is opening doors for country as well — and it is accounting for the music’s popularity.

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With Hawkins’s alternately elfin and flinty performance at its center, “The Lost King” winds up being a paean to amateurism and unconventionality.

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