Meaning of CONFORMIST
| Pronunciation: | | kun'formist
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- [n] someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters)
- [adj] marked by conformity or convention; not corresponding to current customs or rules or styles; "underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist"
- [adj] adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion)
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| | Synonyms: | | conforming, orthodox |
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| | Antonyms: | | nonconformist, nonconformist, recusant, unconformist | | |
| | See Also: | | conservative, conservativist | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*form"ist\, 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}.
A cheeful conformist to your judgment. --Jer.Taylor.
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| | Related Terms: | | anal character, ape, Babbitt, bourgeois, burgher, compulsive character, conformer, conventionalist, copier, copycat, copyist, counterfeiter, cuckoo, dissembler, dissimulator, echo, echoer, echoist, faker, forger, formalist, Grundy, hypocrite, imitator, impersonator, impostor, methodologist, Middle American, middle-class type, mime, mimer, mimic, mimicker, mocker, mockingbird, model child, monkey, organization man, parrot, pedant, perfectionist, Philistine, phony, plagiarist, plastic person, poll-parrot, polly, polly-parrot, poseur, precisian, precisianist, sheep, simulator, square, teenybopper, trimmer, yes-man |
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