单词 | conformity |
释义 | conformity (kənfɔːʳmɪti ) 1. uncountable noun If something happens in conformity with something such as a law or someone's wishes, it happens as the law says it should, or as the person wants it to. The prime minister is, in conformity with the constitution, chosen by the president. Synonyms: compliance, agreement, accordance, observance 2. uncountable noun Conformity means behaving in the same way as most other people. Excessive conformity is usually caused by fear of disapproval. Pressure appears to be mounting for conformity in how people speak English. Synonyms: conventionality, compliance, allegiance, orthodoxy Collocations: ideological conformity He has turned an 'anti-corruption' campaign against his rivals, ordered a campaign of ideological conformity, increased the persecution of dissidents and reinforced censorship. Times, Sunday Times They want to impose the dead weight of ideological conformity on the mysterious, inchoate, ever renewing thing we call culture. Times, Sunday Times Strict ideological conformity in the humanities and social sciences was demanded. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Normalization entailed thoroughgoing political repression and the return to ideological conformity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 依照 Japanese: 準拠 |
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