conformity
nounUS /kənˈfɔɹmɪti/ · UK /kənˈfɔːmɪti/
Etymology From Middle English conformyte, from Middle French conformité. By surface analysis, conform + -ity.
1
The state of things being similar or identical.
2
A point of resemblance; a similarity.
3
The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
4
The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
- How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself.1967, Tynan, Kenneth, Tynan Right and Left:
- Synonyms
- abidance, accordance, acquiescence, adherence, complacence, complaisance, compliance, compliancy, conformance, conformity, keeping, sufferance
- Antonyms
- nonconformity, unconformity
- Derived terms
- anticonformity, disconformity, hyperconformity, inconformity, nonconformity, osmoconformity, oxyconformity, paraconformity, preconformity, pseudoconformity, semiconformity, thermoconformity, unconformity
- Related terms
- conform, conformance, conformism
- Hypernyms
- state