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conformity

[ kuhn-fawr-mi-tee ]

noun

plural conformities.
  1. action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
  2. correspondence in form, nature, or character; agreement, congruity, or accordance.
  3. compliance or acquiescence; obedience.
  4. (often initial capital letter) compliance with the usages of an established church, especially the Church of England.
  5. Geology. the relationship between adjacent conformable strata. Compare unconformity ( def 2a ).


conformity

/ °ìÉ™²Ôˈ´Úɔ˳¾Éª³Ùɪ /

noun

  1. compliance in actions, behaviour, etc, with certain accepted standards or norms
  2. correspondence or likeness in form or appearance; congruity; agreement
  3. compliance with the practices of an established church
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

conformity

  1. 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 ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹²Ôt¾±Â·³¦´Ç²Ô·´Ú´Ç°ù³¾î€ƒi·³Ù²â noun plural anticonformities
  • ³ó²âp±ð°ù·³¦´Ç²Ô·´Ú´Ç°ù³¾î€ƒi·³Ù²â noun
  • ±è°ù±ðc´Ç²Ô·´Ú´Ç°ù³¾î€ƒi·³Ù²â noun
  • ²õ±ð³¾î€…i·³¦´Ç²Ô·´Ú´Ç°ù³¾î€ƒi·³Ù²â noun
  • ²õ³Üp±ð°ù·³¦´Ç²Ô·´Ú´Ç°ù³¾î€ƒi·³Ù²â noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of conformity1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English conformite, from Middle French, from Late Latin ³¦´Ç²Ô´ÚÅ°ù³¾¾±³ÙÄå²õ; equivalent to conform + -ity
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“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.

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Of course, that can also mean buying into conformity and intolerance.

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“I’m not personally very interested in conformity, in making myself palatable to straight people,†Williamson says over the phone from Joshua Tree.

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Feiffer the cartoonist would regularly lampoon conformity, though he was anything but rebellious as a child growing up in New York.

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Their identity is an unsettling fusion of economic, religious, and educational fundamentalisms, designed to crush critical thought and enforce conformity.

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