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conformist

[kuhn-fawr-mist] / kənˈfɔr mɪst /


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But if, like me, you think today’s media is somehow unprecedentedly conformist, consider 2022’s “City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington” by Kathryn J. McGarr.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

"Attending a concert is a mix of bragging rights, being a conformist and being part of the scene," he says.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2024

It’s the most conformist and hierarchical sport, its players subject to punishment if they do not follow the detailed orders of an older man who often has a military background.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2024

“Disney’s conformist corporate culture does not accept dissenting viewpoints,” the slide deck stated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024

I just can’t be a conformist like most of the girls on the team.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

"The process is inherently driven by appreciators pulling the conformists upward, but not the other way around," says Dr. Snitkovsky.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 2, 2026

First, second and third class travel was provided for conformists, and another section with the same classes for non-conformists.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2023

SoftBank was founded by Masayoshi Son, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, who is known as a defiant visionary in a Japanese corporate world dominated by tradition-bound conformists.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023

But which teachers do you remember: the obedient conformists, or those who were willing to fight for their students and teach in unconventional ways?

From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2022

I go to school with a bunch of conformists.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers


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