conformity

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Noun

conformity (uncountable)

1. State of things being similar, or identical.
2. A point of resemblance; a similarity.
3. 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. - Kenneth Tynan

Usage notes

• Sometimes used interchangeably with conformation.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

Antonyms

• nonconformity

Related terms

• conform
• conformism

Translations

state of things being similar, or identical

• Bulgarian: съответствие (bg) (sǎotvetstvie) n
• Danish: konformitet (da) c
• Finnish: yhdenmukaisuus
• French: conformité (fr) f
• German: Konformität (de) f

• Greek: συμμόρφωση f, συμμορφία f, ευπείθεια f
• Norwegian: konformitet (no) m, overenstemmelse (no)
• Norwegian Bokmål: likhet (nb) c, ensartethet (nb) c
• Portuguese: conformidade (pt) f
• Spanish: conformidad (es) f