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anticonventional

anticonventional adjective: rejecting conventions; opposing what is conventional or mainstream.

Adjective

anticonventional (comparative more anticonventional, superlative most anticonventional)

  1. Rejecting conventions; opposing what is conventional or mainstream.

Forms of anticonventional

comparativemore anticonventional
superlativemost anticonventional

Origin of anticonventional

From anti- + conventional.

Questions about anticonventional

What does anticonventional mean?
Anticonventional means rejecting conventions; opposing what is conventional or mainstream.
What part of speech is anticonventional?
Anticonventional is an adjective.

Words near anticonventional in the dictionary

  1. anticontraction
  2. anticontractual
  3. anticontracture
  4. anticontrol
  5. anticonvective
  6. anticonventional
  7. anticonventionalism
  8. anticonversion
  9. anticonvertin
  10. anticonvulsant
  11. anticonvulsants

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