conformity

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Likewise, many well-known geniuses like Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger and Fritz Lang, who were chased out of Europe by the Nazis, brilliantly exposed the hypocrisies and soul deadening conformity of mainstream American culture.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026

The family argued that their rights, which requires the State providing education to "respect the right of parents to ensure such education is in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions", had been contravened.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

The book was followed by William H. Whyte’s “The Organization Man,” published in 1956, which explored how large corporations bred conformity in managers and, as a result, lost their ability to be innovative.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Unforced but ever-present in Reichardt’s mise-en-scène, they remind us that this bored aesthete’s misadventure is an especially empty way to buck conformity.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

“To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he’s doing is good, or else that it’s a well-considered act in conformity with natural law.”

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates