conformity
Syllables: con·for·mi·tyUK/kənˈfɔːmɪti//kənˈfoɹmɪti/
conformity noun: the state of things being similar or identical.
Noun
conformity (countable and uncountable, plural conformities)
- The state of things being similar or identical.
- Synonyms:
- homogeneity, uniformity, homogeneousness, regularity, uniformness
- A point of resemblance; a similarity.
- The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
- Synonyms:
- compliance, conformance
- The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
- How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself.1967, Tynan, Kenneth, Tynan Right and Left
conformity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
conformity in Hindi
- अनुरूपता
conformity in Tamil
- கட்டுப்பாடு ஒத்திருத்தல், இணக்கம், இயைபு
conformity in Marathi
- अनुरूपता
conformity in Urdu
- conformity, conformation
- تقلید taqlīd
More languagesFewer languages
- conformity in Bengali
- মান্যতা, সাদৃশ্য, সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণতা
- conformity in Malayalam
- സാദൃശ്യം, യോഗ്യത, അനുയോജ്യത, യുക്തത
- conformity in Kannada
- ಅನುಸರಣೆ, ಅನುವರ್ತನೆ
- conformity in Gujarati
- અનુરૂપતા
- conformity in Odia
- ଅନୁରୂପତା
- conformity in Nepali
- अनुरूपता
- conformity in Tagalog
- pakikibagay
Examples of conformity in a sentence
- It's tough being different in a society where conformity is so very important.
- The institutional forces — school, psychiatry, police — that inculcate conformity and enforce heterosexuality in gay youth.
- Indeed Putinism elided the differences between consensus, centrism and conformity.
Synonyms of conformity
- homogeneity
- uniformity
- homogeneousness
- regularity
- uniformness
- compliance
- conformance
- abidance
- accordance
- acquiescence
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Antonyms
Forms of conformity
| plural | conformities |
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Origin of conformity
From Middle English conformyte, from Middle French conformité. By surface analysis, conform + -ity.
Words formed from conformity
Phrases with conformity
Questions about conformity
- What does conformity mean?
- Conformity means the state of things being similar or identical.
- What is conformity in Hindi?
- Conformity in Hindi is अनुरूपता. See Conformity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is conformity?
- Conformity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce conformity?
- Conformity is pronounced /kənˈfɔːmɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of conformity?
- The plural of conformity is conformities.
Words near conformity in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: conformity (page history and authors); conformity (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); conformity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conformity (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); تقلید (Urdu) (page history and authors); conformity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conformity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conformity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conformity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); conformity (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); conformity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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