as in follower
often disapproving
a person who behaves in a way that is considered acceptable by most people and who avoids doing things that could be considered different or unusual
They went from being angry punk rockers to bland conformists. They like to travel, but they're conformists who go to only the most popular destinations.
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Recent Examples of conformist
Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
For both active Putin supporters and passive conformists, the war is no longer just a part of everyday existence.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Apr. 2023
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Inquiring into how opposing perspectives are acknowledged sheds light on if a healthy or conformist culture exists.
—Kate Wieczorek, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Noun
His parents, both government scientists and cautious communist conformists, were alarmed.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
For both active Putin supporters and passive conformists, the war is no longer just a part of everyday existence.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Apr. 2023
Adjective
For starkly conformist Brazil, Irwin’s sense of unconstrained freedom may help clarify just what enraged those destructive observers.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Inquiring into how opposing perspectives are acknowledged sheds light on if a healthy or conformist culture exists.
—Kate Wieczorek, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The creator industry works because of the relationships that are built between creators and their followers.Rodney Mason, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Posts no longer appear in followers’ timelines instantly, and posts with links are shown less, like service alerts with links for more details, agency officials said in a statement.Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.Bebe Hodges, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Lead actor Nathan Meister returns to the role of Henry Oldfield, the sheep-phobic son of a farmer who discovers his twisted older brother has been carrying out dangerous genetic experiences on his livestock, which transform them from docile vegetarians to ruthless, carnivorous killers.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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What maybe gets forgotten is that the Old Course was especially docile that week.Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
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To salvage the 155th Mechanized Brigade, a unit that Ukraine, France and Poland spent months and millions of dollars training and equipping, Ukrainian leaders have begun assigning its fresh but inexperienced subordinate units to the weary but experienced brigades in the Pokrovsk sector.David Axe, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Despite a propaganda campaign encouraging all Americans to come together and do their part to defeat the Axis and totalitarianism, the U.S. military remained rigidly segregated with people of color subjugated into subordinate roles and Black soldiers discriminated against abroad and at home.Tracie Canada / Made by History, TIME, 1 Jan. 2025
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By contrast, Frazier took on the role of outmoded power, compliant duty.Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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Relying on donations means that construction materials may not be compliant with building codes and regulations.Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2025
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During subsequent decades, the Soviets and its pliant regime were defeated, the country was racked by civil war, and various Islamist groups became ascendant, including the Mujahedin, Taliban, al-Qaeda, and Isis-Khorasan.Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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Notably, Assad was pliant to the ayatollahs’ Iran, the theocratic state bent on reshaping the region in the name of Shi’ite jihad.Bassem Eid, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
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In particular, embodiments describe protective cover layer structures that may be implemented in curved, flexible, conformable and foldable display modules, and in particular with curved, flexible, conformable and foldable display panels.Chris Smith, BGR, 6 Apr. 2021
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Is this suit more conformable than the costume from Revenge of the Sith?Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2022
Adjective
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The book equates being female with being submissive.Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Over time, this dynamic creates a destructive loop, with the dominant partner tightening their grip and the submissive losing their sense of self.Mark Travers, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Conformist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conformist. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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