conformity
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4.8
- noun
- /kənˈfɔrmɪti/
- Many people feel pressured to show conformity to societal norms, even if they disagree with them.
- obedience and conformity
- loyalty and conformity
- conformity to the rules
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Watch on YouTubeLike they need conformity or they don't work.
- Like they need conformity or they don't work.
- The opposite of courage to me is conformity.
- Reach beyond the shallowness of selfishness and complacency and mindless conformity and of indulgence.
- Do I look like the face of conformity?
- When we think of ourselves as unobserved, it is difficult to act in conformity with moral codes.
- What results from this, he says is a homoasis, that is a conformity, a agreement you might say.
- And finally, don't drown in conformity.
- I think it's important that people just go and lose the boundaries, lose the conformity and just go for it.
- In addition, invalidation can often foster conformity.
- The opposite of courage is not like cowardice, it's conformity.
- Do we have to share the same norms To belong is the condition of citizenship means conformity with established norms.
- Also, this whole mess inspires me on my small individual level to do the right thing in the face of conformity despite the long odds.
- It transforms, you know, fear into courage, conformity into creativity, sadness into happiness.
- And he thought that conformity made you dumb and you should be free to explore, like what the truth is.
- And I would say that most elite universities say reward conformity and disincentivize risk taking, right?
- I kind of slowly, as my confidence has build has built, I found myself straying even further from conformity.
Examples
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And it fosters this conformity, this homogeneity, this fear of saying anything off key.
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The ways that children are dressed greatly promote conformity to gender-stereotyped behavior.
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And the first year was OK because I kind of bought into the conformity that they had you.
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I think it's important that people just go and lose the boundaries, lose the conformity and just go for it.
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But blue is very much about conformity and religion and tradition and things like that.
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Freedom means acting in conformity with self-imposed law.
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And I think that translating that to today, conformity is a very important issue for today.
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All it takes is one person to break the conformity, and you're willing to break that, too.
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We have sought to shrug off individuality, replacing it with conformity.
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Still others saw a critique of conformity, a growing obsession among intellectuals of the time.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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5.0
Obeying rules or orders from people in charge
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3.9
Following a rule, instruction, or request
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6.3
Following rules or beliefs closely
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7.4
Behavior that most people think is correct in a situation
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4.7
Following a law or custom
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7.0
A state of following a rule or standard
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7.7
Following usual rules and beliefs without asking questions
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6.9
Following accepted customs and usual ways of doing things
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7.5
A habit of doing what other people want even if you disagree
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8.1
A preference for usual ways of thinking or behaving, for example in art
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9.5
Following rules or laws
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3.9
A clear agreement with an idea, policy, or group
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8.9
The quality of always following rules set by others
Antonyms
How Conforming
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conformity comes from the Latin parts con- 'together' and form 'shape'. So it is like shaping yourself to fit the group, which explains why the word means behaving or thinking the same as others.