conformism

noun

Definition of conformismnext
as in subordination

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  1. subordination
  2. passivity
  3. obedience
  4. compliance
  5. acquiescence
Noun
  • The only way to avoid a subordination discount is to be capital-efficient.
    Michael Szalontay, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • What this adds up to, Payne argues, is the near-total subordination of political discourse to group identities.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of subordination
Noun
  • In media relations, the fastest PR team often wins the coverage, while passivity and delays can kill a good opportunity.
    David Racine, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Their passivity before campus activists has stoked an atmosphere that invites mob violence, chaos, and disrespect for our nation’s foundational rights.
    Tyson Langhofer, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of passivity
Noun
  • And there’s nuances to all this, but without boring you to death, this is basically one big whatcha-gonna-do-bout-it by a president who demands nothing less than complete obedience.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
  • In March 1856, Little Thunder was forced to shake hands with Harney, who had summoned leaders of the seven Lakota bands to Fort Pierre, in South Dakota, to dictate his terms for peace—essentially, obedience and docility.
    Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of obedience
Noun
  • That’s because the baseline for this comparison is the data for 2021, which Asher and other crime experts say is unreliable because the FBI switched crime reporting systems that year and compliance by local police departments plummeted.
    Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
  • From manufacturing floors to corporate offices, these systems are processing sensitive data and making automated decisions that could impact operations, safety and compliance.
    Rajat Bhargava, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of compliance
Noun
  • Our military serves the president as the leader and commander in chief of this country, with the acquiescence and the support of the Congress and the American people.
    Connor Donevan, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Republican Dwight Eisenhower’s election in 1952 resulted in GOP acquiescence in the New Deal’s expansion of federal authority.
    Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of acquiescence
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conforming (to or with)

conformism

conformist

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“Conformism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conformism. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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