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单词 conformist
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conformistn.

Brit. /kənˈfɔːmɪst/, U.S. /kənˈfɔrməst/
Etymology: < conform v. + -ist suffix.
1. One who conforms to any usage or practice.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > one who
conformitan1604
conformer1610
conformist1651
compliant1655
complier1660
normalist1878
pod person1978
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 122 A Conformist to the old Superstitious Ceremonies.
1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 255 Thoroughly a Conformist to every the least..Custom or Fashion among the Quakers.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxix. 181 In my own dress, I am generally a conformist to the fashion.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. iii. 118 Several pliant conformists with all changes.
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 124 He was a conformist of the Church of England, but rather lax in his devotions.
2. One who conforms in matters religious or ecclesiastical; spec. in English History one who conforms to the usages of the Church of England as required by the successive Acts of Uniformity, esp. that of 1662; the negative Nonconformist is now in more common use. occasional conformist: one who practised ‘occasional conformity’; see conformity n. 3.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > conformity > [noun] > person
conformitan1604
conformitant1621
conformalist1631
regular1632
conformist1634
conformity1672
1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation i. 38 I must confesse that the conformists, keepe much better to their grounds than the other doe.
a1640 J. Ball Answer to Iohn Can (1642) i. 101 The Conformists (I use that Word because you are pleased so to speake).
1703 D. Defoe Shortest Way to Peace 7 When I speak of the Church of England, I mean the General Body of Orthodox Conformists.
1709 H. Sacheverell Perils False Brethren 22 The Whiggs..are Conformists in Profession, Half-Conformists in Practice, and Non-Conformists in Judgment.
1710 W. L. Let. to New Member Commons 24 Our Occasional Conformists, if not well look'd after, will swallow up our Government by this cunning Hypocrisie.
1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 286 The coronation oath binds the sovereign to be a conformist.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 60 In that year began the long struggle between two great parties of conformists..the High Church party and the Low Church party.
1881 A. R. Ellis Sylvestra II. 56 The rector kept a sharp eye on occasional conformists.
3. Collector's name for a moth ( Xylina conformis).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > xylina conformis
conformist1869
1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 427 The Conformist Moth.
4. attributive.
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1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie 90 The Church of England hath three maine Divisions, the Conformist, the Non-Conformist and the Separatist.
1885 Manch. Examiner 8 May 5/3 Either in Conformist or Nonconformist pulpits.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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