conformity.

Alignment of behavior, beliefs or features with a prevailing norm, standard or requirement.

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Words that belong together

• social conformity
• conformity with a standard

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Social conformity increased when participants believed their responses would be visible to the group.

The review tested conformity with a standard without inferring agreement with the standard’s purpose.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / character / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: characterization, motivation analysis, behavioral comparison, qualification. Disciplines: psychology, social behavior, character writing. Commonness: moderately common.