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.
conÂ·formÂ·iÂ·ty. n. pl. conÂ·formÂ·iÂ·ties. 1. Similarity in form or character; agreement: I acted in conformity with my principles. 2. Action or behavior in correspondence with socially accepted standards, conventions, rules, or laws: conformity to university regulations.