conformist

Speech parts

1. conformist - Noun

2. conformist - Adjective

3. conformist - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

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Antonyms

nonconformist secretary johnny bolshevik registrar reb
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Hypernyms

conservative conservativist

Related terms

nonconformist

Phrases with the word

conformist decade

Examples

The more defensive a society, the more conformist. Ursula K. Le Guin

A Conformist is a man who declares, "It's true because others believe it" - but an Individualist is NOT a man who declares, "It's true because I believe it." An Individual declares, "I believe it because I see in reason that it is true. Ayn Rand

Our whole culture in this country now is so conformist. I don't even meet that many freaks any more. Beck

Everyone is sinning, so it's no longer rebellious to sin. You're just a conformist if you're drunk; and naked; driving around in a loud motorcycle; smoking cigarrettes; breaking commandments; getting pregnant out of wedlock. Everyone's done that. That's so tired! Mark Driscoll

At home I never thought I was much of a conformist. But I now see that I was without knowing it. I did what everybody else did without being aware I was copying them. Here I mind being different. Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man. Mary McCarthy

Between the radical and the conformist lies all the difference between a lithe tendon and a length of gas-pipe. Frank Lloyd Wright

Close letter words and terms

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