Definition of Conformism

1. Noun. Orthodoxy in thoughts and belief.

Exact synonyms: Conformity
Generic synonyms: Orthodoxy
Specialized synonyms: Conventionality, Legalism
Derivative terms: Conformist
Antonyms: Nonconformism, Nonconformity

Definition of Conformism

1. Noun. A willingness to conform; conformity ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conformism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conformism

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conformism (current term)
conformisms
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Literary usage of Conformism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties by Moisei Ostrogorski, Frederick Clarke (1922)
"It is the general characteristic of conformism to lead to the enslavement of the mind, and political formalism has not been alone in producing this result. ..."

2. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America; Monograph of an Immigrant Group by William Isaac Thomas, Florian Znaniecki (1919)
"is attained that the group pays serious attention to the individual's conformism or non-conformism; it is little interested positively or negatively in the ..."

3. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America; Monograph of an Immigrant Group by William Isaac Thomas, Florian Znaniecki (1919)
"is attained that the group pays serious attention to the individual's conformism or non-conformism; it is little interested positively or negatively in the ..."

4. The New Detente: Rethinking East-West Relations by Mary Kaldor, Gerard Holden, Richard A. Falk (1989)
"Some time ago in one of my interviews I attempted to compare Mrs Thatcher's non-conformism to the conformism of the TUC. Later on I received a letter from ..."

5. The Amsterdam School by Maristella Casciato (1996)
"... De Klerk's followers had produced a form of conformism which had no future. ... against this somewhat persistent conformism that the artists of De Stijl ..."

6. English and American Philosophy Since 1800: A Critical Survey by Arthur Kenyon Rogers (1922)
"In tracing his genealogy, Spencer calls attention to the spirit of non-conformism prominent in his ancestry; and this same fondness for opinions which set ..."

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