conformist
of or characterized by conforming, especially in action or appearance.
Origin of conformist
1Other words from conformist
- con·form·ism, noun
- an·ti·con·form·ist, noun
- hy·per·con·form·ist, noun
- sem·i·con·form·ist, noun
- su·per·con·form·ist, noun
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How to use conformist in a sentence
Yet navigating such vast social networks may also require we become more willing to adapt ourselves to them, to be more conformist.
Future Evolution: How Will Humans Change in the Next 10,000 Years? | Nicholas R. Longrich | March 3, 2022 | Singularity HubIf many of your friends are busy people who care about movies but simply don’t have time to read all the reviews, they might be informational conformists.
What Makes Group Decisions Go Wrong. And Right. - Issue 112: Inspiration | Joshua Holden | January 5, 2022 | NautilusIt’s too pat to declare that conservatism is the new “punk rock,” but the left has surrendered any pretence of being a dangerous, intellectually honest home for free-thinkers, and has instead become a safe space for screeching conformists.
Bill Maher Is America’s Most Important Conservative Voice | Matt Lewis | November 23, 2021 | The Daily BeastSteve learns more about this one-time academic and Hollywood non-conformist, who is both very similar to him and also quite his opposite.
Mayim Bialik on the Surprising Risks of Academia and Stability of Show Biz (People I (Mostly) Admire Ep. 2 Replay) | Steven D. Levitt | October 9, 2021 | FreakonomicsIt’s a rhetorical trick that allows him to attack anybody who disagrees with him as a mindless conformist.
Talking With Tucker Carlson, the Most Powerful Conservative in America | Charlotte Alter | July 15, 2021 | Time
“I find myself and my peers thinking, ‘This current generation is so corporate, so conformist, so apolitical,’” Wolf says.
It becomes a non-conformist activity, reading becomes a risk.
The Politics of Literature: An interview with Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa | Michael Moynihan | October 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe see glimpses of your former, less conformist self, reemerging, which has plans to stick around.
The man lives a very conformist lifestyle—fashioning his apartment like an IKEA catalog, obeying his tyrannical boss, etc.
Cozens has a conscience—a conformist conscience—and is a first-class season-ticket holder.
He threatened to punish any man "who gave two pence" toward the support of a Non-conformist minister.
The Trial of Theodore Parker | Theodore ParkerDue to the conformist spirit of the dominant crowd, native-born Americans are losing their intellectual leadership.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinNow, thousands of Non-conformist chapels proclaim its meaning gone, and its language an affectation and an insolence.
Studies of Christianity | James MartineauA patent dated April 9th of that year required that within six weeks all parishes should instal conformist clergy or close.
Bohemia under Hapsburg Misrule | Various
British Dictionary definitions for conformist
/ (kənˈfɔːmɪst) /
a person who adopts the attitudes, behaviour, dress, etc of the group to which he belongs
a person who complies with the practices of an established church, esp the Church of England
of a conforming nature or character
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