conformism
Americannoun
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a tendency to conform to prevailing norms and attitudes, or to advocate for the conformity of others.
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(often initial capital letter) the principles and practices of those who conform to the practices of an established church, especially the Church of England.
Example Sentences
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How do you think about boundaries of subversiveness now, and what are your thoughts on media conformism today?
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022
Instead, Barnes dreamed up the unsettling encounter between her Duchess and Soon-to-Be-Duchess, who spar and commune over the merciless rules, scrutiny and conformism that their rank requires.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2021
Laurents’s satirical book, though clever and novel, works too hard at too many things, aiming darts at every -ism in its path: conformism, evangelism and cronyism among them.
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2021
When we add conformism to the model, what we see is the emergence of cliques of agents who hold false beliefs.
From Scientific American • Sep. 3, 2019
Together, they form a lifelong refusal of every kind of goose-stepping conformism.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 16, 2019
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