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CONFORMITY

conformity, conformance - n 
correspondence in form or appearance 

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Synonyms

obedience, acquiescence, allegiance, assent, consent, conventionality, docility, observance, orthodoxy, resignation, submission, willingness

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Examples

Their bohemian way of living would challenge the dull conformity of everyday life under capitalism.

Suppressing our individual thoughts and ideas when at our jobs, if the jobs happen to require conformity.

It is all part of Labor's leveling agenda of enforcing monolithic conformity, and denying pupils choice by pushing them into tertiary colleges.

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Etymology

early 15c., conformyte, conformite, "similarity, correspondence in form or manner," from Old French conformité (14c.), from Late Latin conformitatem (nominative conformitas), from conformis "similar in shape," from conformare "to fashion, to form, to shape; educate; modify," from assimilated form of com "together" (see con-) + formare "to form" (see form (v.)). Meaning "action in accordance with some standard" is from late 15c.; that of "adherence to the Church of England" is from 1620s. Modern spelling is from 17c.

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