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conformist

noun
/kənˈfɔː.mɪst/UK/kənˈfɔɹ.mɪst/US/kənˈfoː.mɪst/

Etymology

From conform + -ist.

  1. derived from conformāre
  2. derived from conformer
  3. inherited from conformen
  4. suffixed as conformist — “conform + ist”

Definitions

  1. Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.

  2. A noctuid moth (Lithophane furcifera)

  3. Conforming to established customs, etc.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. In English history, a person whose religious practices conformed with the requirements of…

      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.

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Derived

anticonformist, conformistic, hyperconformist, osmoconformist, scarce conformist, semiconformist, ultraconformist, unconformist

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA