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CONFORMITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acting according to certain accepted standards
Example:
their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices
Synonyms:
abidance; compliance; conformation; conformity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("conformity" is a kind of...):
cooperation (joint operation or action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conformity"):
formality (compliance with formal rules)
line (acting in conformity)
honoring; observance (conformity with law or custom or practice etc.)
keeping (conformity or harmony)
Antonym:
nonconformity (failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Correspondence in form or appearance
Synonyms:
conformance; conformity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("conformity" is a kind of...):
agreement; correspondence (compatibility of observations)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conformity"):
justness; nicety; rightness (conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety)
normality (conformity with the norm)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Hardened conventionality
Synonyms:
conformity; ossification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("conformity" is a kind of...):
convention; conventionalism; conventionality (orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Orthodoxy in thoughts and belief
Synonyms:
conformism; conformity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("conformity" is a kind of...):
orthodoxy (a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conformity"):
conventionality (conformity with conventional thought and behavior)
legalism (strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit)
Antonym:
nonconformity (a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Concurrence of opinion
Example:
we are in accord with your proposal
Synonyms:
accord; accordance; conformity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("conformity" is a kind of...):
agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)
