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Conformist Common

Origin: Greek suffix -ist

Conformist has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters)

2

Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.

3

In English history, a person whose religious practices conformed with the requirements of the Act of Uniformity and who was therefore in concert with the established Church of England, as opposed to those of the Nonconformists, whose practices were not acceptable to the Church of England.

Adjective
1

marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles

"underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist"

2

adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion)

3

Conforming to established customs, etc.

Related Terms
Antonyms
recusant unconformist
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
conservative
Rhyming Words
ist nist kist uist hist bist dist list jist wist mist sist iist cist rist gist fist trist feist boist
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