'Conformity' definitions:
Definition of 'conformity'
(from WordNet)
noun
Correspondence in form or appearance [syn: conformity, conformance]
noun
Acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" [syn: conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance] [ant: disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity]
noun
Orthodoxy in thoughts and belief [syn: conformity, conformism] [ant: nonconformance, nonconformism, nonconformity]
noun
Concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal" [syn: accord, conformity, accordance]
noun
Hardened conventionality [syn: ossification, conformity]
Definition of 'Conformity'
From: GCIDE
- Conformity \Con*form"i*ty\, n.; pl. Conformities. [Cf. F. conformit['e].]
- 1. Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between. [1913 Webster]
- By our conformity to God. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- The end of all religion is but to draw us to a conformity with God. --Dr. H.More. [1913 Webster]
- A conformity between the mental taste and the sensitive taste. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church. [1913 Webster]
- The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil officers to do their duty by enforcing conformity. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conformity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- accordance,
- acquiescence,
- acquittal,
- acquittance,
- adherence,
- adoration,
- affinity,
- agreement,
- alikeness,
- allegiance,
- alliance,
- analogy,
- aping,
- approach,
- approximation,
- assent,
- assimilation,
- balance,
- bienseance,
- bilateral symmetry,
- bon ton,
- care,
- carrying out,
- chorus,
- churchgoing,
- civility,
- closeness,
- coherence,
- coincidence,
- community,
- comparability,
- comparison,
- compatibility,
- compliance,
- concert,
- concord,
- concordance,
- conformance,
- conformation,
- congeniality,
- congruence,
- congruency,
- congruity,
- consistency,
- consonance,
- consort,
- consuetude,
- convenance,
- convention,
- conventional usage,
- conventionalism,
- conventionality,
- cooperation,
- copying,
- correctness,
- correspondence,
- cultism,
- custom,
- decency,
- decorousness,
- decorum,
- devotedness,
- devotion,
- devoutness,
- discharge,
- duteousness,
- dutifulness,
- dynamic symmetry,
- equality,
- equilibrium,
- equivalence,
- established way,
- etiquette,
- eurythmics,
- eurythmy,
- evenness,
- execution,
- faith,
- faithfulness,
- fashion,
- fealty,
- finish,
- folkway,
- form,
- formality,
- fulfillment,
- good form,
- harmony,
- heed,
- heeding,
- homage,
- identity,
- imitation,
- intersection,
- keeping,
- likeness,
- likening,
- love of God,
- loyalty,
- manner,
- manners,
- metaphor,
- mimicking,
- mores,
- multilateral symmetry,
- nearness,
- obedience,
- obediency,
- observance,
- observation,
- oneness,
- overlap,
- parallelism,
- parity,
- peace,
- performance,
- pietism,
- piety,
- piousness,
- polarity,
- practice,
- praxis,
- prescription,
- proper thing,
- proportion,
- proportionality,
- propriety,
- rapport,
- regularity,
- religion,
- religionism,
- religiousness,
- resemblance,
- resignation,
- respect,
- reverence,
- ritual,
- sameness,
- satisfaction,
- seemliness,
- self-consistency,
- semblance,
- service,
- servility,
- servitium,
- shapeliness,
- similarity,
- simile,
- similitude,
- simulation,
- social convention,
- social usage,
- standard behavior,
- standard usage,
- standing custom,
- submission,
- submissiveness,
- suit and service,
- suit service,
- symmetricalness,
- symmetry,
- sync,
- synchronism,
- tally,
- theism,
- time-honored practice,
- timing,
- tradition,
- trilateral symmetry,
- uniformity,
- union,
- unison,
- unisonance,
- usage,
- use,
- veneration,
- way,
- what is done,
- willingness,
- wont,
- wonting,
- worship,
- worshipfulness