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conformative

conformative adjective: tending to conform; abiding by rules, laws, or social conventions.

Adjective

conformative (comparative more conformative, superlative most conformative)

  1. (nonstandard) Tending to conform; abiding by rules, laws, or social conventions.
    • A true individual is not conformative but formative.1932, Jean Toomer, “As the Eagle Soars”, in Crisis
  2. (nonstandard) Of or pertaining to a conformation.

Forms of conformative

comparativemore conformative
superlativemost conformative

Questions about conformative

What does conformative mean?
Conformative means tending to conform; abiding by rules, laws, or social conventions.
What part of speech is conformative?
Conformative is an adjective.

Words near conformative in the dictionary

  1. conformational analyses
  2. conformational analysis
  3. conformational isomerism
  4. conformationally
  5. conformations
  6. conformative
  7. conformator
  8. conformators
  9. conformature
  10. conformatures
  11. conformed

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