Sample Sentences forconform (editor-reviewed)
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Most teenagers are surprisingly conformist within their subgroup.conformist = someone who thinks and acts like others in a group
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The Asche experiment showed the influence of the desire to conform.conform = comply or fit in with what is normal
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Groupthink encourages conformity of opinion--even when around a bad decision.conformity = compliance or fitting in with what is normal
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McCandless didn't conform particularly well to the bush-casualty stereotype. (source)conform = fit in
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Though under great pressure to conform to a culture of brutality, a few guards refused to participate in the violence. (source)conform = comply (fit in)
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But that is all the more reason for their making a special effort to conform. (source)conform = fit in or be similar to what is normal
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Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity. (source)conformity = to fit in (to go along with the group)
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It meant that I had to wear clothes and shoes and conform to rules. (source)conform = comply (act in accordance)
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The coats were stiff and dome-shaped, having conformed to their piles.† (source)
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I tie my shoes in a hurry, pull on a jacket, and sprint out of the room, catching up to the line of initiates quickly, conforming my pace to theirs. (source)conforming = fitting
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This Laboratory Conforms to USG P4/EK3 Genetic Protocols (source)Conforms = meets the standards
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Mom and Dad liked to make a big point about never surrendering to fear or to prejudice or to the narrow-minded conformist sticks-in-the-mud who tried to tell everyone else what was proper. (source)conformist = following customary standard behavior
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We speak conformably to the rumor which we have heard.† (source)
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When they are attributed to Men, they signifie Conformity, or Inconformity of Manners, to Reason.† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inconformity means not and reverses the meaning of conformity. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
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Should we sacrifice the contentment of the whole of mankind to the greed of a few non-conformists?† (source)
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At first I simply could not stand the conformism and the cowardice, and then, with the results predetermined, I came up against the loyalty oaths and the informers.† (source)
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