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conformist
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun conformist has 1 sense
- conformist(n = noun.person) Array - someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters); Array is a kind of conservative, conservativist
Derived forms verb conform2, noun conformism1
Antonym: nonconformist
Adjective conformist has 2 senses
- conformist(a = adj.all) Array - marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles; "underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist" Antonym: nonconformist
- conformist(s = adj.all) conforming - adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion); Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
conformist, adj.
- marked by conformity or convention; not corresponding to current customs or rules or styles; as, underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist. Opposite of
nonconformist . [WordNet 1.5] - same as conforming."[Narrower terms:
orthodox (vs. unorthodox) ]" [WordNet 1.5]
conformist, n.
One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist . [1913 Webster]
"A cheeful conformist to your judgment."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
conformist, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a person who conforms to an established practice; a conventional person.
2 Brit. a person who conforms to the practices of the Church of England.
--adj. (of a person) conforming to established practices; conventional.
--n.
1 a person who conforms to an established practice; a conventional person.
2 Brit. a person who conforms to the practices of the Church of England.
--adj. (of a person) conforming to established practices; conventional.
Derivative
conformism n.
THESAURUS
conformist
Babbitt, Grundy, Middle American, Philistine, anal character, ape, bourgeois, burgher, compulsive character, conformer, conventionalist, copier, copycat, copyist, counterfeiter, cuckoo, dissembler, dissimulator, echo, echoer, echoist, faker, forger, formalist, hypocrite, imitator, impersonator, impostor, methodologist, middle-class type, mime, mimer, mimic, mimicker, mocker, mockingbird, model child, monkey, organization man, parrot, pedant, perfectionist, phony, plagiarist, plastic person, poll-parrot, polly, polly-parrot, poseur, precisian, precisianist, sheep, simulator, square, teenybopper, trimmer, yes-man
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