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conformist

[kuhn-fawr-mist] / kənˈfɔr mɪst /


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But it is fair to say that Scotland’s political attitude is conformist.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

For starkly conformist Brazil, Irwin’s sense of unconstrained freedom may help clarify just what enraged those destructive observers.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2024

"Attending a concert is a mix of bragging rights, being a conformist and being part of the scene," he says.

From BBC Sep. 28, 2024

It’s the most conformist and hierarchical sport, its players subject to punishment if they do not follow the detailed orders of an older man who often has a military background.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2024

It did not feel preppie, stuffy, or conformist.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

"The process is inherently driven by appreciators pulling the conformists upward, but not the other way around," says Dr. Snitkovsky.

From Science Daily Mar. 2, 2026

First, second and third class travel was provided for conformists, and another section with the same classes for non-conformists.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2023

SoftBank was founded by Masayoshi Son, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, who is known as a defiant visionary in a Japanese corporate world dominated by tradition-bound conformists.

From Seattle Times Aug. 8, 2023

When one is modern or ahead of their time, inevitably one provokes or creates scandals because society insists that we conform or be conformists.

From Salon Feb. 11, 2022

I go to school with a bunch of conformists.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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