ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Nonconformity is the tendency of a person to defy social norms and act according to their own desires for self-expression. Often, nonconformists have different attitudes or beliefs about society or the world than the rest of their community.

Detailed explanation-2: -Deviance is defined as “nonconformity to a set of norms that are accepted by a significant number of people in a community or society.” More simply put, if group members do not follow a norm, they become labeled as a deviant.

Detailed explanation-3: -A nonconformist is someone who doesn’t conform to other people’s ideas of how things should be. Activists, artists, street performers, your wacky uncle Marvin-anyone who marches to the beat of a different drummer is a nonconformist.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of major nonconformity are frequent unauthorized changes, shipping out of untested products, personnel who failed to take corrective action on a root cause of an issue.

Detailed explanation-5: -Individualism lies at the heart of Transcendentalism. Every individual needs to be self-reliant and thus not depend upon others if he or she is to be free and to live life fully. Nonconformity with respect to social norms and expectations is another aspect of being self-reliant for the transcendentalists.