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conformism|kənˈfɔːmɪz(ə)m|
[ad. F. conformisme or f. conformist + -ism.]
The action, practice, or principle of conforming; belief in conforming; = conformity 2 a.
1926B. Brownell New Universe ii. vii. 158 They provided safety in some measure without the crush and swagger of gigantic social conformisms and autocracy. 1937D. Bussy tr. A. Gide's Back from U.S.S.R. v. 76 ‘Art to-day should be popular or nothing.’ ‘You will drive all your artists to conformism,’ I answered. 1946Koestler Thieves in Night 150 For us, the choice involved a revolutionary negation of our past—for them it is an act of conformism. 1957P. Lafitte Person in Psychol. v. 64 Conformism may be a special defence mechanism. 1958Punch 25 June 849/1 If we follow America and Russia into conformism we are going to sacrifice our inventiveness. |