unconventionality

noun

Definition of unconventionalitynext
as in deviation

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  1. deviation
  2. iconoclasm
  3. deviance
Noun
  • There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Transcriptions of episodes of the Outside Podcast are created with a mix of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain some grammatical errors or slight deviations from the audio.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of deviation
Noun
  • Jewish iconoclasm is supported by another facet of Hebraic history: God is said to have spoken directly to the Jews in their own language.
    Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • And in much the same way Black Gatsby—who released his debut album, House of Gatsby, in 2022—has challenged character archetypes, he’s applied a kind of iconoclasm to his career.
    Alex Ross, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of iconoclasm
Noun
  • For thousands of years, mental illness could only be explained by supernatural forces or moral deviance.
    Celia Ford, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Out of the Card Catalog Closet Librarians gathered in 1970 to challenge Library of Congress classifications and catalog subject headings that aligned homosexuality with deviance.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Definition of deviance
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