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Conformist definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFORMIST, n. One who conforms or complies; appropriately, one who complies with the worship of the church of England or of the established church, as distinguished from a dissenter, or nonconformist.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles; "underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist" [ant: nonconformist, unconformist]
2: adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion) [syn: conforming, conformist] n
1: someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters) [ant: nonconformist, recusant]

Merriam Webster's

noun or adjective see conform

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 a person who conforms to an established practice; a conventional person. 2 Brit. a person who conforms to the practices of the Church of England. --adj. (of a person) conforming to established practices; conventional. Derivatives: conformism n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Conformist Con*form"ist, n. One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist. A cheeful conformist to your judgment. --Jer.Taylor.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(conformists) Someone who is conformist behaves or thinks like everyone else rather than doing things that are original. He may have to become more conformist if he is to prosper again... ADJ • A conformist is someone who is conformist. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

Babbitt, Grundy, Middle American, Philistine, anal character, ape, bourgeois, burgher, compulsive character, conformer, conventionalist, copier, copycat, copyist, counterfeiter, cuckoo, dissembler, dissimulator, echo, echoer, echoist, faker, forger, formalist, hypocrite, imitator, impersonator, impostor, methodologist, middle-class type, mime, mimer, mimic, mimicker, mocker, mockingbird, model child, monkey, organization man, parrot, pedant, perfectionist, phony, plagiarist, plastic person, poll-parrot, polly, polly-parrot, poseur, precisian, precisianist, sheep, simulator, square, teenybopper, trimmer, yes-man