adj
Meaning 1
Conforming to established customs, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
conformist
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈfɔː.mɪst/
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General-American: /kənˈfɔɹ.mɪst/
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Australian: /kənˈfoː.mɪst/
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noun
Meaning 2
Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A noctuid moth (Lithophane furcifera)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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adjective
Meaning 5
marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nonconformist
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conforming
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nonconformist
Broader terms: conservative, conservativist
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English conform Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English conformist From conform + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: конформистки (konformistki) — conforming to established customs etc
- Chinese Mandarin: 遵循常規的 /遵循常规的 (zūnxún chángguī de) — conforming to established customs etc
- Dutch: conformistisch — conforming to established customs etc
- Finnish: sovinnainen — conforming to established customs etc
- Finnish: konformistinen — conforming to established customs etc
- French: conformiste — conforming to established customs etc
- German: konformistisch — conforming to established customs etc
- Hungarian: konformista — conforming to established customs etc
- Lithuanian: prisitaikantis — conforming to established customs etc
- Lithuanian: prisitaikanti — conforming to established customs etc
- Lithuanian: prisitaikėliškas — conforming to established customs etc
- Lithuanian: prisitaikėliška — conforming to established customs etc
- Lithuanian: konformistinis — conforming to established customs etc
- Lithuanian: konformistinė — conforming to established customs etc
- Russian: конформи́стский (konformístskij) — conforming to established customs etc
- Spanish: conformista — conforming to established customs etc
- Turkish: uymacı — conforming to established customs etc
- Turkish: konformist — conforming to established customs etc
- Bulgarian: конформист (konformist) — someone who conforms
- Chinese Mandarin: 隨波逐流者 /随波逐流者 (suíbōzhúliú zhě) — someone who conforms
- Czech: konformista — someone who conforms
- Finnish: konformisti — someone who conforms
- German: Konformist — someone who conforms
- Hungarian: konformista — someone who conforms
- Italian: conformista — someone who conforms
- Lithuanian: prisitaikėlis — someone who conforms
- Lithuanian: prisitaikėlė — someone who conforms
- Lithuanian: konformistas — someone who conforms
- Lithuanian: konformistė — someone who conforms
- Romanian: conformist — someone who conforms
- Romanian: conformistă — someone who conforms
- Russian: конформи́ст (konformíst) — someone who conforms
- Spanish: conformista — someone who conforms
- Turkish: uymacı — someone who conforms
- Turkish: konformist — someone who conforms