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conformist

 : 
Adjective, Noun
 : 
con=form=ist

CIDE DICTIONARY

conformistadj. 
  •  marked by conformity or convention; not corresponding to current customs or rules or styles; as, underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist. Opposite of nonconformist.  [WordNet 1.5]
  •  same as conforming.
    "[Narrower terms: orthodox (vs. unorthodox)]"  [WordNet 1.5]
conformistn. 
     One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist.  [1913 Webster]
    "A cheeful conformist to your judgment."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

conformist, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a person who conforms to an established practice; a conventional person.
2 Brit. a person who conforms to the practices of the Church of England.
--adj. (of a person) conforming to established practices; conventional.

Derivative
conformism n.

THESAURUS

conformist

Babbitt, Grundy, Middle American, Philistine, anal character, ape, bourgeois, burgher, compulsive character, conformer, conventionalist, copier, copycat, copyist, counterfeiter, cuckoo, dissembler, dissimulator, echo, echoer, echoist, faker, forger, formalist, hypocrite, imitator, impersonator, impostor, methodologist, middle-class type, mime, mimer, mimic, mimicker, mocker, mockingbird, model child, monkey, organization man, parrot, pedant, perfectionist, phony, plagiarist, plastic person, poll-parrot, polly, polly-parrot, poseur, precisian, precisianist, sheep, simulator, square, teenybopper, trimmer, yes-man

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