as in follower
often disapproving
a person who behaves in a way that is considered acceptable by most people and who avoids doing things that could be considered different or unusual
They went from being angry punk rockers to bland conformists. They like to travel, but they're conformists who go to only the most popular destinations.
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Recent Examples of conformist
Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Oct. 2023
His parents, both government scientists and cautious communist conformists, were alarmed.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Leaders with traditional mindsets may model behaviors that do not resonate with younger employees, often embodying conformist or authoritarian traits.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Afflicting not the comfortable but the smug, the superficial, and the conformist is a critic’s job.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Oct. 2023
His parents, both government scientists and cautious communist conformists, were alarmed.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
Adjective
In the conformist eighties, Michaels largely abandoned the Andy Kaufman strain of his formula.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Leaders with traditional mindsets may model behaviors that do not resonate with younger employees, often embodying conformist or authoritarian traits.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conformist
Noun
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Creators with under 50K followers had more trust than celebrity influencers, the study found.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Over the past year, McShain shared glimpses into her life with over 200,000 followers across major social media platforms.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Jazz is much more docile and laid back, whereas Jax is high energy and was always the Alpha when playing with Jazz.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, the title of the series emphasizes how her approach invokes a broader, global discourse about the female body as a container of the concepts of the domestic, the sexualized, and the docile.—
María Elena Ortiz,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Whatever else is printed—articles about religion, Israel, humor pieces—is subordinate to the obituaries.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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Mechthild Heil, who leads a group of women in Mr. Merz’s Christian Democratic Union, is concerned about the subordinate role women play in the party.—
Christopher F. Schuetze,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For example, applying AI to contract management in the pharmaceutical industry helps connect disparate information from across the enterprise, digitize legacy and third-party contracts and execute mass amendments to stay compliant with new regulations.—
Matthew Buckingham,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Additionally, the sheer steepness of the tariffs have created some barriers for trucking, especially the 25-percent duties levied on the U.S. neighbors for products not already compliant with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Political parties have been dissolved by a pliant judiciary.—
Sun Narin,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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During subsequent decades, the Soviets and its pliant regime were defeated, the country was racked by civil war, and various Islamist groups became ascendant, including the Mujahedin, Taliban, al-Qaeda, and Isis-Khorasan.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In particular, embodiments describe protective cover layer structures that may be implemented in curved, flexible, conformable and foldable display modules, and in particular with curved, flexible, conformable and foldable display panels.—
Chris Smith,
BGR,
6 Apr. 2021
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Is this suit more conformable than the costume from Revenge of the Sith?—
Ryan Parker,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 June 2022
Adjective
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Your value lies in being pretty, silent, submissive and unfailingly supportive of men.—
Marie Bostwick,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Trump was demanding deference from Zelenskyy to show his inferior and submissive position as a recipient of U.S. aid and military support.—
Shannon Bow O'Brien,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Conformist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conformist. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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