conformitynoun [ U ]
uk/kənˈfɔː.mə.ti/us/kənˈfɔːr.mə.t̬i/behaviour that follows the usual standards that are expected by a group or society:
It's depressing how much conformity there is in such young children.
also conformance the process of a product being made as it was designed, without mistakes or faults:
Our goal is to improve conformity with customer requirements.
conformity to specification
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Custom, tradition & conformity
- apple pie
- as American as apple pie idiom 1
- backward-looking
- backwards
- be (like) sheep idiom
- blend into the scenery idiom
- cue
- folk
- folk memory
- folklore
- follow the crowd idiom
- go/swim against the tide idiom
- nonconformist
- norm
- orthodoxy
- patrimony
- reactionary
- scenery
- sheep
- zeitgeist
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