Associations to the word «Conformity»

Wiktionary

CONFORMITY, noun. State of things being similar or identical.
CONFORMITY, noun. A point of resemblance; a similarity.
CONFORMITY, noun. State of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
CONFORMITY, noun. The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.

Dictionary definition

CONFORMITY, noun. Correspondence in form or appearance.
CONFORMITY, noun. Acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices".
CONFORMITY, noun. Orthodoxy in thoughts and belief.
CONFORMITY, noun. Concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal".
CONFORMITY, noun. Hardened conventionality.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope