If you had told fourteen-year-old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not-too-distant future he would be considered one of the top hundred movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to become a priest.
plural conformists. Learner's definition of CONFORMIST. [count] often disapproving. : a person who behaves in a way that is considered acceptable by most people and who avoids doing things that could be considered different or unusual : a person who conforms. They went from being angry punk rockers to bland conformists.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  formalist(Noun) An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler. 2  formalist(Noun) An advocate of formalism. 3  formalist(Adjective) Of or pertaining to formalism; formalistic.