Conformity
[kən'fɔːmɪtɪ] or [kən'fɔrməti]
Definition
(noun.) acting according to certain accepted standards; 'their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices'.
(noun.) correspondence in form or appearance.
(noun.) orthodoxy in thoughts and belief.
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Definition
(n.) Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.
(n.) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Accordance, agreement, congruity.[2]. Correspondence, likeness, similitude, resemblance.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CONFORMATION]
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Examples
- In fact it would have been in conformity with Johnston's orders to Pemberton. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But, do you know, they interest me more than the blind conformity to tradition--somebody else's tradition--that I see among our own friends. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- This is the reasoning I form in conformity to my hypothesis; and am pleased to find upon trial that every thing answers exactly to my expectation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Dispatches were sent to him the same day in conformity. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The resemblance of their appearance deceives the mind, as is usual, and makes us imagine a thorough resemblance and conformity. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Conformity, not transformation, is the essence of education. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It is necessary to feel the sentiment and passion of pride in conformity to it, and to regulate our actions accordingly. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Conformity of rank. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Miss Crawford's letter, which she had read so often as to make every line her own, was in frightful conformity with it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Her pleasant manners and cheerful conformity made her always valuable amongst them; but _now_ she was absolutely necessary. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I disposed the troops belonging to the district in conformity with the situation as rapidly as possible. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Conformity is made equivalent to uniformity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This amounts to saying that the goal of action is in its final analysis ?sthetic and not moral--a quality of feeling instead of conformity to rule. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Objective likeness of acts and the mental satisfaction found in being in conformity with others are baptized by the name imitation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I may then depend upon this child being received as a pupil at Lowood, and there being trained in conformity to her position and prospects? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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