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conformity
[ kuhn-fawr-mi-tee ]
noun
- action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
- correspondence in form, nature, or character; agreement, congruity, or accordance.
- compliance or acquiescence; obedience.
- (often initial capital letter) compliance with the usages of an established church, especially the Church of England.
- Geology. the relationship between adjacent conformable strata. Compare unconformity ( def 2a ).
conformity
/ əˈɔːɪɪ /
noun
- compliance in actions, behaviour, etc, with certain accepted standards or norms
- correspondence or likeness in form or appearance; congruity; agreement
- compliance with the practices of an established church
conformity
- Agreement between an individual's behavior and a group's standards or expectations. A conformist is one who follows the majority's desires or standards. ( See also beatniks , bureaucrat , organization man (see also organization man ), peer group , and peer pressure .)
Other 51Թ Forms
- t·Dz·ڴǰi·ٲ noun plural anticonformities
- p·Dz·ڴǰi·ٲ noun
- cDz·ڴǰi·ٲ noun
- i·Dz·ڴǰi·ٲ noun
- p·Dz·ڴǰi·ٲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of conformity1
Example Sentences
“That makes it pretty clear that this is part of a broader attack on free speech by the administration. They are using every power that they have to enforce ideological conformity,” Eidelman said.
Of course, that can also mean buying into conformity and intolerance.
“I’m not personally very interested in conformity, in making myself palatable to straight people,” Williamson says over the phone from Joshua Tree.
Feiffer the cartoonist would regularly lampoon conformity, though he was anything but rebellious as a child growing up in New York.
Their identity is an unsettling fusion of economic, religious, and educational fundamentalisms, designed to crush critical thought and enforce conformity.
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