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Webster 1913 Edition
Conformity
Con-form′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
. Conformities
(#)
[Cf. F.
conformité
.] 1.
Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; – followed by to, with, or between.
By our
conformity
to God. Tillotson.
The end of all religion is but to draw us to a
conformity
with God. Dr. H.More.
A
conformity
between the mental taste and the sensitive taste. Addison.
2.
(Eng. Eccl. Hist.)
Compliance with the usages of the Established Church.
The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil officers to do their duty by enforcing
conformity
. Hallam.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conformity
CONFORMITY
,Noun.
1.
Likeness; correspondence with a model in form or manner; resemblance; agreement; congruity with something else; followed by to or with.A ship is constructed in conformity to a model, or in conformity with a model.
True happiness consists in conformity of life to the divine law.
2.
Consistency; agreement.Many instances prove the conformity of the essay with the notions of Hippocrates.
3.
In theology, correspondence in manners and principles; compliance with customs. Live no in conformity with the world.
Definition 2024
conformity
conformity
English
Noun
conformity (countable and uncountable, plural conformities)
- State of things being similar or identical.
- A point of resemblance; a similarity.
- State of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
- The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
- How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself. - Kenneth Tynan
Usage notes
- Sometimes used interchangeably with conformation.
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
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state of things being similar, or identical
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