unconventionality

noun

Definition of unconventionalitynext
as in deviation

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  1. deviation
  2. iconoclasm
  3. deviance
Noun
  • The system can detect a deviation from a forecast, for example, and yet understand that the deviation is in an allowable range and that an alert does not have to be generated.
    Steve Banker, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of deviation
Noun
  • Missing masterpieces For as long as humans have been making art, natural disasters, the ravages of time, theft and iconoclasm have threatened their creations’ survival.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
  • While Catholics invested in a rich visual tradition that represented God as an old man, the prophet Mohammed resolutely carried iconoclasm forward, focusing exclusively on the word.
    Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of iconoclasm
Noun
  • This dynamic also highlights the role of the audience in constructing the idea of deviance.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Honesty-humility’s impact on physical health is limited, potentially because it is more strongly linked to behaviors with a moral dimension, such as avoiding deviance, rather than physical health habits like exercise or diet.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of deviance
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