conformity

Etymology

From Middle French conformité.

noun

1. The state of things being similar or identical.
2. A point of resemblance; a similarity.
3. The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
4. The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
   How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself. 1967, Tynan, Kenneth, Tynan Right and Left