conformism

noun

Definition of conformismnext
as in subordination

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  1. subordination
  2. passivity
  3. obedience
  4. compliance
  5. acquiescence
Noun
  • From China’s perspective, this strategy is the country’s best (and only) hope to arrest recent economic malaise and to avoid subordination to the United States.
    Reva Goujon, Foreign Affairs, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In Gilead, women exist in complete subordination to men, especially the handmaids, a class of women who are still fertile despite an ongoing environmental catastrophe that has decimated birth rates.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of subordination
Noun
  • Yet the West, once so eager to champion Georgia’s struggling democracy, has retreated into passivity.
    Christian Caryl, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
  • There is a passivity that strikes through Villa at times away from home.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of passivity
Noun
  • At school, we are praised for obedience and penalized for questioning authority.
    Dr. Sunita Sah, TIME, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Marin Humane offers an array of classes for you and your canine buddy, from basic obedience to scenting to agility.
    Lisa Bloch, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of obedience
Noun
  • In about two dozen cases where more substantial improvements were necessary, the office reached voluntary compliance agreements.
    Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • If the consent decree is approved by federal court, an independent monitor will oversee Louisville’s compliance.
    Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of compliance
Noun
  • Such acquiescence was the best possible public response from the Kremlin’s point of view.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The intrusion and lack of privacy are not being met with acquiescence; employees are outraged and calling for boundaries around what ‘Big Brother’ can use against them.
    Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of acquiescence
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Thesaurus Entries Near conformism

conforming (to or with)

conformism

conformist

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