conformity
Other forms: conformities
If all your friends wear jeans to school and you wear checkered slacks, you could say you reject conformity — doing the same thing as everyone else.
Conformity usually refers to people's behavior or looks, but it can also be used to describe something that matches the form of something else — for example, a one-story house built in conformity to the low-slung buildings that surround it. It's common for conformity to follow the word in.
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correspondence in form or appearance
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synonyms:
conformance
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concurrence of opinion
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synonyms:
accord, accordance
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type of:
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agreement
the verbal act of agreeing
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agreement
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compliance with accepted standards, rules, or norms“their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices”
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synonyms:
abidance, compliance, conformation
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Antonyms:
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disobedience, noncompliance
the failure to obey
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nonconformance, nonconformity
failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior
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formality
compliance with formal rules
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line
acting in conformity
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honoring, observance
conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
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keeping
conformity or harmony
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punctilio
strict observance of formalities
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type of:
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cooperation
joint operation or action
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disobedience, noncompliance
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orthodoxy in thoughts and belief
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synonyms:
conformism
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Antonyms:
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nonconformance, nonconformism, nonconformity
a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
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types:
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conventionality
conformity with conventional thought and behavior
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legalism
strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit
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type of:
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orthodoxy
a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards
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nonconformance, nonconformism, nonconformity
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hardened conventionality
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synonyms:
ossification
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type of:
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convention, conventionalism, conventionality
orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
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convention, conventionalism, conventionality
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This nonfiction work tells the story of the Hilterjugend — a group of German youths who were indoctrinated with Nazi policies and beliefs, making them an important part of the Nazi's World War II efforts.
Following a space-time fold that has stopped time on Earth for nearly a year, sixteen-year-old javelin prodigy Trudy Becker decides to figure out what will happen when she flips a mysterious power switch in her house.
This list covers "Cinderella, the Legend," "Why Women Always Take Advantage of Men," and "The Landlady."
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