All 4 Uses of
conform
in
Fast Food Nation
- We will make conformists out of them in a hurry ...The organization cannot trust the individual; the individual must trust the organization.†
p. 5.9 *conformists = people who think and act in compliance with group norms
- One of the ironies of America's fast food industry is that a business so dedicated to conformity was founded by iconoclasts and self-made men, by entrepreneurs willing to defy conventional opinion.†
p. 5.9conformity = compliance, fitting in, or being similar to what is normal
- San Bernardino in 1948 supplied the nation with a new yin and yang, new models of conformity and rebellion.†
p. 21.7
- THERE IS NOTHING INEVITABLE about the fast food nation that surrounds us — about its marketing strategies, labor policies, and agricultural techniques, about its relentless drive for conformity and cheapness.†
p. 260.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(conform) to comply, fit in, or be similar to what is normal
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Although the forms conform and conformity (referring to complying with established customs or doctrines) are more often used, conformist is more likely to appear on standardized tests.