| 词汇 | conformist |
| 释义 | conformist noun[ C ] often disapprovinguk /kənˈfɔː.mɪst/ us /kənˈfɔːr.mɪst/ someone who behaves or thinks like everyone else, rather than being different循规蹈矩的人，墨守成规的人;随波逐流者 Opposite nonconformist Custom, tradition & conformity Americanization anti-classical anti-conventional anti-institutional anti-traditional costume counter-tradition crowd custom demi-monde moonraker mores multicultural multiculturalism multiculturally traditionalist traditionally ultra-conservatism ultra-conservative ultra-traditional conformist adjective often disapprovinguk /kənˈfɔː.mɪst/ us /kənˈfɔːr.mɪst/ behaving or thinking like everyone else, rather than being different: She was the conformist daughter while her sister was a rebel. Despite its rising affluence, this remains a highly conservative and conformist society. Bureaucratic culture rewards safe, conformist attitudes. He felt stifled by his sport's conformist culture. The world is still full of people who are too conformist to think for themselves. Custom, tradition & conformity Americanization anti-classical anti-conventional anti-institutional anti-traditional costume counter-tradition crowd custom demi-monde moonraker mores multicultural multiculturalism multiculturally traditionalist traditionally ultra-conservatism ultra-conservative ultra-traditional And must not the minds thus contrasted tend to become respectively conformist and nonconformist, not only in politics and religion, but in other things? Inevitably, to conformists and to persons who still accept doctrines and opinions which he rejected, he seems presumptuous and consequential. Large numbers of those who professed the established faith were in reality either nominal conformists too much immersed in affairs to trouble about religious questions, or actually free-thinkers in disguise. Many refused, including a number of the conformist ministers. There is indeed more faith in these honest denials than in half the assents of the conformists. conformist | American Dictionaryconformist noun[ C ] us/kənˈfɔr·mɪst/ someone who behaves or thinks like the other people in a group and doesn't do anything unusual Examples of conformistconformist There is one behavioural pattern seen in group-living cetaceans that is individually maladaptive but could have arisen within a system of conformist traditions: mass stranding. Because of this conformist behaviour they were more or less ostracized socially by their classmates. Changes from above are led by working class women who are conformists; changes from below are led by working class women who are non-conformists. The stereotype of an affluent, homogeneous-white, politically conservative, consumerist and conformist settlement is simply false. The emphasis on unique individuality here rejected the possibility of an indistinct conformist workforce. We show how this programme was promoted in print and manuscript by a group of evangelical clergy from both sides of the conformist divide. The significance of this "conformist transmission" is that it minimises behavioural differences within groups while maintaining differences between groups. Such an innovation is therefore selected for by conformist transmission. Bowles stresses how conventions can generate and maintain cultural differences between groups, and that cultural processes other than conformist transmission can act in this manner. This practice impedes personal initiatives and creates a conformist attitude. An electoral system which offered the electorate a real choice between candidates would serve to weaken the conformist attitude and encourage private initiatives. Seized upon by conformist propagandists, the episode became the subject of several brutally anti-puritan tracts. There has been considerable debate among historical demographers about the extent to which non-migrant religious conformists are representative of the population as a whole. These arguments are to be found in the sermons of other avant-garde conformists. Rulers naturally have a desire for orderly and conformist societies, hence the positive evaluation of hard work and patriotism. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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