conformity

Definitions

Compliance with standards, rules, or laws.

Behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or practices.

Similarity in form or character; agreement.

Examples

The school dress code is designed to encourage conformity among the students.

He felt that his artistic style was being stifled by the pressure of social conformity.

Synonyms

compliance obedience accordance submission observance agreement conventionality

Antonyms

nonconformity dissent defiance rebellion individuality disagreement heterodoxy