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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
/ kənˈfɔːmɪtɪ /
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 .)
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Other Words From
- anti·con·formi·ty noun plural anticonformities
- hyper·con·formi·ty noun
- precon·formi·ty noun
- semi·con·formi·ty noun
- super·con·formi·ty noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of conformity1
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Example Sentences
Ginsberg the ad man beats back against the conformity of the computer and is swallowed whole.
(See also this excellent article by Dr. Eric Grollman about gender conformity & gender non-conformity).
Funeral was about childhood and death; Neon Bible was about organized religion; The Suburbs was about community and conformity.
The most striking thing about the latter, after all, is its monolithic conformity.
The playground, especially among little boys, is a place of cowardice and conformity.
By a “single” or “one reading,” I mean a single careful perusal in conformity to the requirements of my System.
So that in conformity every Man may take great comfort in himself, and all Mankind live well with one another.
There was much to be said about occasional conformity, about toleration, about the relation between Church and State.
He pushed his conformity to what he considered the usages of the Primitive Church to the verge of eccentricity.
This was most probably, in many instances a mere unthinking conformity to ancient use and wont.
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