conformist

Examples

• All

• Many try and fail, and those who do succeed often become very much like Riesman's "anxious conformist."

  Academic text (1994)

• The majority of the population is conformist and doesn't like nonconformists.

  Blog text (13)

• Well, I mean, we're, we're clearly very conformist as a, as a species.

• And they do this sometimes in sort of just conformist, going with the flow kind of ways.

• You know, all this stuff was coming out and that really spoke to how intense the conformist moment is.

• Are you a little conformist?

  Amityville Poltergeist (2020)

• Already I was a conformist.

  The Good Mother (1988)

• In conjunction with this, a conformist youth culture flourished.

  Academic text (2004)

• Survival values give top priority to economic and physical security and conformist social norms.

  Academic text (2009)

• The stereotypical view stresses the conformist, group nature of Japanese culture.

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

C

conservative

vsconformist

∞ 4.6

Does not want big changes and likes traditional values

shares resistance but centers on political or value stance rather than simple compliance

C

compliant

vsconformist

31 5.1

Willing to follow rules or do what other people want

tends to avoid challenging accepted ways rather than just obeying

D

die-hard

vsconformist

22 7.9

Very unwilling to accept change or new ideas

follows accepted ways by not challenging rather than actively opposing change

O

observant

vsconformist

8 4.8

Careful to follow laws, rules, and customs

focuses on avoiding challenge to social expectations rather than legal precision

C

conforming

vsconformist

1 4.3

Following accepted customs and rules of a group

is defined by refusal to challenge accepted ways rather than mere following

C

conformable

vsconformist

1 7.0

Willing to do what other people want

places emphasis on avoiding challenge to accepted ways

C

conformant

vsconformist

7.0

Willing to follow rules and act like other people in a group

is characterized by not challenging norms rather than occasional compliance

C

conformal

vsconformist

• Formal

7.5

Following rules or standards that must be met

is about following social norms rather than technical rule matching

O

overcompliant

vsconformist

7.8

Being too ready to obey others and not speak up

is about general unwillingness to challenge norms, not excessive obedience

T

traditionalistic

vsconformist

6.9

Being loyal to old customs and beliefs in religion and culture

applies to following general accepted ways, not only tradition

Antonyms

R

rebellious

43 4.5

Not willing to follow rules or authority

N

nonconformist

3 7.4

Not following the usual customs or rules of society

How Conformist

orthodox

30 5.9

conformist

6 6.0

conventional

175 2.8

nonconformist

3 7.3

independent

984 2.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology