different between nonconformist vs recusant

English

Alternative forms

• non-conformist

Etymology

From non- +? conformist.

Noun

nonconformist (plural nonconformists)

1. A member of a church separated from the Church of England; a Protestant dissenter. [from 17th c.]
2. Loosely, a Christian who does not conform to the doctrines of an established church. [from 17th c.]
3. Someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices. [from 17th c.]

Synonyms

• (someone who does not conform): free spirit, heteroclite, individualist; see also Thesaurus:maverick

Translations

Adjective

nonconformist (comparative more nonconformist, superlative most nonconformist)

1. Not conforming to established customs etc.

Translations

See also

• Nonconformist
• nonconformity

Romanian

Etymology

From French non-conformiste

Noun

nonconformist m (plural nonconformi?ti, feminine equivalent nonconformist?)

1. nonconformist, maverick

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rec?sans, rec?s?ntis, from rec?s? (“I refuse, decline; I object to; I protest”). See recuse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kj?z?nt/

Noun

recusant (plural recusants)

1. (historical) Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
2. Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.

Synonyms

• papist

Related terms

• recuse
• recusancy
• refusenik

Translations

Adjective

recusant

1. pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy
   • 1981, Donald Kagan, The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition:

     Still, to disobey a direct order in the field is no small matter in any circumstances, and especially in Sparta. The recusant captains must have known how dangerous their defiance was to them, yet they risked it.

Anagrams

• Centaurs, Etruscan, arsecunt, centaurs, near cuts, rescuant, traunces, uncrates, untraces

Latin

Verb

rec?sant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of rec?s?