Meanings
plural conformities
- countableuncountableThe state of things being similar or identical.
Synonyms: homogeneity, uniformity, homogeneousness, homogeneity, regularity, uniformity, uniformness
- countableuncountableA point of resemblance; a similarity.
- countableuncountableThe state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
Synonyms: compliance, conformance
- countableuncountableThe 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.
1967, Tynan, Kenneth, Tynan Right and Left
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of things being similar or identical.
nounThe state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
More synonyms by meaning
nounacting according to certain accepted standards
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchconformité
- Middle Englishconformyte
- Englishconformity
From Middle English conformyte, from Middle French conformité. By surface analysis, conform + -ity.
More words from Middle English, Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀκολουθία
- ἀκολουθία (akolouthía)state of complying with a set of rules
Bulgarian съответствие, схо́дство
- съответствие (săotvetstvie)state of things being similar, or identical
- схо́дство (shódstvo)point of resemblance
- подчинение (podčinenie)state of complying with a set of rules
- конформизъм (konformizăm)ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
Catalan conformitat
- conformitatstate of things being similar, or identical
Chinese Mandarin 相似性, 同一性
- 相似性 (xiāngsìxìng)state of things being similar, or identical
- 同一性 (tóngyīxìng)state of things being similar, or identical
- 相似之處 /相似之处 (xiāngsì zhī chù)point of resemblance
- 遵守 (zūnshǒu)state of complying with a set of rules
- 遵從 /遵从 (zūncóng)state of complying with a set of rules
- 順從 /顺从 (shùncóng)state of complying with a set of rules
- 合規性 /合规性state of complying with a set of rules
- 符合性 (fúhéxìng)state of complying with a set of rules
- 一致主義 /一致主义ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
- 整齊劃一思想 /整齐划一思想ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
Danish konformitet
- konformitetstate of things being similar, or identical
Dutch conformiteit
- conformiteitstate of things being similar, or identical
Finnish yhdenmukaisuus, samankaltaisuus
- yhdenmukaisuusstate of things being similar, or identical
- samankaltaisuuspoint of resemblance
- säännönmukaisuusstate of complying with a set of rules
- konformismiideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
- yhdenmukaisuuspyrkimysideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
French conformité
- conformitéstate of things being similar, or identical
German Konformität
- Konformitätstate of things being similar, or identical
Greek συμμόρφωση, συμμορφία
- συμμόρφωση (symmórfosi)state of things being similar, or identical
- συμμορφία (symmorfía)state of things being similar, or identical
- ευπείθεια (efpeítheia)state of things being similar, or identical
Hungarian hasonlóság, egyezés
- hasonlóságstate of things being similar, or identical
- egyezésstate of things being similar, or identical
- illeszkedésstate of things being similar, or identical
- összhangstate of things being similar, or identical
- megfelelőségstate of complying with a set of rules
- összhangstate of complying with a set of rules
- konformitásideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
- alkalmazkodásideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
- igazodásideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
- beilleszkedésideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
- behódolásideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
- idomulásideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity
Icelandic fylgispekt
- fylgispektstate of complying with a set of rules
Irish admháil
- admháilstate of things being similar, or identical
Norwegian konformitet, overenstemmelse
- konformitetstate of things being similar, or identical
- overenstemmelsestate of things being similar, or identical
Norwegian Bokmål likhet, ensartethet
- likhetstate of things being similar, or identical
- ensartethetstate of things being similar, or identical
Portuguese conformidade
- conformidadestate of things being similar, or identical
Romanian conformitate
- conformitatestate of things being similar, or identical
Russian соотве́тствие
- соотве́тствие (sootvétstvije)state of things being similar, or identical
Spanish conformidad
- conformidadstate of things being similar, or identical
Tagalog pakikibagay
- pakikibagaystate of things being similar, or identical
Cite this entry
conformity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conformity
“conformity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conformity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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