"conformity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˈfɔɹmɪti/ [General-American], /kənˈfɔːmɪti/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-conformity.ogg Forms: conformities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French conformité. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|conformité}} Middle French conformité Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} conformity (countable and uncountable, plural conformities)
  1. The state of things being similar or identical. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: homogeneity, uniformity, uniformity Translations (state of things being similar, or identical): njësoj [common-gender] (Albanian), съответствие (sǎotvetstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), conformitat [feminine] (Catalan), konformitet [common-gender] (Danish), conformiteit (Dutch), yhdenmukaisuus (Finnish), conformité [feminine] (French), conformidade [feminine] (Galician), Konformität [feminine] (German), συμμόρφωση (symmórfosi) [feminine] (Greek), συμμορφία (symmorfía) [feminine] (Greek), ευπείθεια (efpeítheia) [feminine] (Greek), hasonlóság (Hungarian), egyezés (Hungarian), illeszkedés (Hungarian), összhang (Hungarian), admháil [feminine] (Irish), konformitet [masculine] (Norwegian), overenstemmelse (Norwegian), likhet [common-gender] (Norwegian Bokmål), ensartethet [common-gender] (Norwegian Bokmål), conformidade [feminine] (Portuguese), conformitate [feminine] (Romanian), соотве́тствие (sootvétstvije) [neuter] (Russian), conformidad [feminine] (Spanish), pakikibagay (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-conformity-en-noun--056sVSB Disambiguation of 'state of things being similar, or identical': 82 2 15 1
  2. A point of resemblance; a similarity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (point of resemblance): samankaltaisuus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-conformity-en-noun-oI9NsT8K Disambiguation of 'point of resemblance': 1 97 1 0
  3. The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: compliance, conformance, conformity Translations (state of complying with a set of rules): ἀκολουθία (akolouthía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), подчинение (podčinenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), конформизъм (konformizǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 遵守 (zūnshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 遵從 (Chinese Mandarin), 遵从 (zūncóng) (Chinese Mandarin), 順從 (Chinese Mandarin), 顺从 (shùncóng) (Chinese Mandarin), säännönmukaisuus (Finnish), konformismi (Finnish), yhdenmukaisuuspyrkimys (Finnish), megfelelőség (Hungarian), összhang (Hungarian), konformitás (Hungarian), alkalmazkodás (Hungarian), igazodás (Hungarian), beilleszkedés (Hungarian), behódolás (Hungarian), idomulás (Hungarian), konformizmus (Hungarian)
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  4. The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-conformity-en-noun-RuQzwfQW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: hypercompliance, overcompliance, undercompliance, docility, obedience, obsequiousness Related terms: conform, conformance, conformism

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "state of complying with a set of rules",
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          "sense": "state of complying with a set of rules",
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          "sense": "state of complying with a set of rules",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ἀκολουθία"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "state of complying with a set of rules",
          "word": "megfelelőség"
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          "code": "hu",
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