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
Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
In the conformist eighties, Michaels largely abandoned the Andy Kaufman strain of his formula.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Afflicting not the comfortable but the smug, the superficial, and the conformist is a critic’s job.
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As explained by The Pew Research Center, this generation was given its name as they were perceived as conformist and civic-minded.
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By then, Furlan had amassed roughly 8.6 million followers on the now-defunct social media app Vine — the most of any woman on the site.—
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Emilie Kiser has more than three million followers on TikTok and one million followers on Instagram.—
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According to the new framing, Russia’s real fight is against the mighty United States, which wants to destroy it, while Ukraine—just like the European Union and NATO—is merely an obedient U.S. satellite.—
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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.—
Adjective
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According to Mississippi State University Extension, lambs weigh between 8 and 12 pounds and are more docile than their older counterparts.—
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Peasants have often been seen as docile and passive.—
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The 6th Ranger Training Battalion belongs to the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade which is a subordinate brigade of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning.—
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The company kept the HBO brand, of course, as subordinate under the Max umbrella.—
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In the Administration’s view, the only good court is a compliant court.—
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Now that enforcement is soon to begin, however, those who do not secure a compliant ID in time will soon be unable to enter federal facilities or board domestic flights.—
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Letz is a physically and emotionally pliant but also a verbose actor of great versatility, able to play a standard Second City dad and Chicag’ow type, but also a neurotic (lots of call for that in this show) and a dweeb and, well, whatever gets thrown his way.—
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Both sides were able to claim victory through their pliant national media.—
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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.—
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Is this suit more conformable than the costume from Revenge of the Sith?—
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Your value lies in being pretty, silent, submissive and unfailingly supportive of men.—
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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.—
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“Conformist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conformist. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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