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Doing it your way, mostly because the normal way bored you first.
means The quality of not following accepted norms or customs, in behavior, style, or thought.
from Built from 'conventional' plus the negating 'un-' and the noun-forming '-ity.' 'Conventional' traces back to the Latin 'conventio' — a coming together, an agreement — the same root that gives us 'convention.' So at its core, this word is simply the state of having opted out of the agreement everyone else silently signed.
- origin
- from convention, Latin for coming together, agreeing
- paradox
- enough people doing it becomes the new convention
- misread
- often confused with randomness, actually requires more discipline
- risk
- rewarded in hindsight, punished in the meeting