nonconformity
n [U]
1 (also nonconform-ism) failure to conform to normal social conventions 不遵循社会常规.
2 (also nonconformism) beliefs and practices of Nonconformist sects 不信奉国教派的教义; 不信奉国教.
3 lack of correspondence between things 不一致; 不符合.
Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world? Surely progress of a particular kind is actually taking place around us and is becoming more and more manifest.