conformist
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5.7
- noun
- /kənˈfɔːrmɪst/
:
conformista
- As a conformist, she preferred to dress like everyone else at her school.
And so when I see someone who's a conformist, I think they're a coward.
- And so when I see someone who's a conformist, I think they're a coward.
- Even though my parents were conformists, they were Jews so that they were discriminated against.
- And in fact, I think one of the unique things that he did in his White House that was very constructive was most White Houses are ideological conformists.
Examples
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Yellow Calf can be seen as an anxious, uncertain conformist, looking for "adjustment" and taking his cues from advertising, the mass media, and politics.
Academic text (1994) -
The abstainer tends to be more of a conformist, with worries and concerns about life.
Academic text (2002) -
Peter is cautious, a conformist who, as mayor of his town, kowtows to the rich.
Blog text (29) -
Surely you who have come here must be the ultimate conformists.
Academic text (2010) -
Conformists are easiest to control.
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And these people may not be of leadership caliber, too; often they are just followers or conformists who lack new ideas.
Blog text (13) -
Rather, they have been asked to be conformists and simply to implement the ideas that the "real thinkers" and "real innovators" have developed.
Academic text (1993) -
Then there is the undiscriminating, ultra-conventional conformist, avoiding any distinctive judgments.
Academic text (1993) -
Well, the first thing we should point out is that being a conformist isn't the highest of moral virtues, but being unable to conform is worse.
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The university-employed intellectuals are not pallid conformists confined to the belly of the whale, but powerful thinkers and writers who have found a bully pulpit and use it to good effect.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
20
5.6
A person who holds strongly to old customs and resists change
3
7.0
A person who insists others follow strict rules about right and wrong
1
4.8
A person who always obeys instructions and people in charge
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5.5
A person who supports a belief, cause, or tradition
A person who follows what most people do and think
A person who behaves in the usual way that most people accept
A person who follows rules and does what they are asked
A person who follows rules and laws
A person who is very strict about following rules, especially in religion or ethics
A person who follows religious ceremonies exactly and insists others do too
Insisting on following laws and formal rules exactly
Antonyms
How Conformist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conformist comes from the parts con- and form, with con- meaning 'with' and form meaning 'shape'. So, a conformist is a person who fits the usual 'shape' of behaviour and follows accepted rules and customs.