English Explanatory Dictionary

conformist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.
  2. A noctuid moth (Lithophane furcifera)
adj
  1. Conforming to established customs, etc.
noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/kənˈfɔː.mɪst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-conformist.wav /kənˈfɔɹ.mɪst/ /kənˈfoː.mɪst/

Word forms

conformist conformists more conformist most conformist

Etymology

From conform + -ist.

Antonyms

maverick

Related words

lemming nonconformist

Derived words

anticonformist conformistic hyperconformist osmoconformist scarce conformist semiconformist ultraconformist unconformist
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