unconventionality

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconventionality
Noun
  • Trump, in a deviation from his predecessor, has failed to commit the country to defending Taiwan, the self-governing island claimed by Beijing.
    Linggong Kong, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
  • In other words, women have long been viewed as a deviation from men rather than a group deserving their own research and consideration, McGregor says.
    Shreyas Teegala, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Like Chambers, Burnham, and Buchanan, outsiders enamored of power, Trump relishes iconoclasm and rupture, seeks to upend the status quo, and loathes liberal elites and foreign-policy experts.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • But they must not, in the course of their ordeal, be encouraged to adopt the kind of cynicism, the kind of despair, the kind of iconoclasm that is urged upon them by Mr. Baldwin in his recent works.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But this doesn’t erase their gender deviance, merely complicates it.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Created, written and executive produced by Danny McBride, who also stars, The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Unconventionality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconventionality. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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