单词 | super-conformity |
释义 | > as lemmassuper-conformity super-conformity n. Brit. /ˌsuːpəkənˈfɔːmᵻti/ , /ˌsjuːpəkənˈfɔːmᵻti/ , U.S. /ˌsupərkənˈfɔrmədi/ extreme or excessive conformity; spec. overpreciseness in conforming to ecclesiastical rules.ΚΠ 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα i. xiii. 113 Either to a peevish nonconformity, or to a pragmatick super-conformity. 1715 J. Platts Ess. Animosities Brit. Protestants 5 While some have been running into Super-conformity, others have been accus'd of uncanonical Abatements. 1824 Christian Remembrancer July 388/2 The clouds of non-conformity..began now, partly by a spirit or breath of super-conformity..to cover the whole English heaven with blackness. 2003 E. Harvey Women & Nazi East vii. 214 They did so [sc. refer to Poles] only in terms that confirmed the authors' conformity—even super-conformity—to the Nazi notion of the racial hierarchy in the East. < as lemmas |
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