Conformists - English meaning

adjective

Belonging to or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

Usage examples:

A rich, bored, bourgeois family

noun

A bourgeois person.

Usage examples:

A self-confessed and proud bourgeois

adjective

Averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values.

Usage examples:

They were very conservative in their outlook

noun

A person who is averse to change and holds traditional values.

Usage examples:

He was considered a conservative in his approach to catholic teachings

adjective

Tending to emphasize the importance of preserving traditional cultural and religious values, and to oppose change, esp. sudden change

Usage examples:

He wore a conservative business suit for his interview., she was conservatively dressed in a gray s…

noun

A thing that crawls or moves at a slow pace, especially an insect.

Usage examples:

The light bulb was a magnet for moths and many-legged crawlers

noun

A person who strongly opposes change or who continues to support something in spite of opposition.

Usage examples:

A diehard yankees fan

adjective

Unwilling to change or give up your ideas or ways of behaving, even when there are good reasons to do so

Usage examples:

A diehard conservative

noun

A person who adheres excessively to prescribed forms.

Usage examples:

To the strict formalist, the law is the law

adjective

Relating to or supporting principles of formalism.

Usage examples:

Formalist arguments

noun

A movable model of a person or animal that is typically moved either by strings controlled from above or by a hand inside it.

Usage examples:

A puppet show

adjective

Opposing political or social progress or reform.

Usage examples:

Reactionary attitudes toward women's rights

noun

A reactionary person.

Usage examples:

He was later to become an extreme reactionary

noun

A person who opposes political or social change

Usage examples:

Reactionary forces opposed to the president’s reforms could move to oust him.

noun

A dog of a breed with a long silky coat and drooping ears.

Usage examples:

In the middle ages, a type of spaniel was bred, the ancestor of some of our modern spaniels, that w…

noun

A type of dog of small or medium size with soft hair and long ears that hang down

abbreviation

Stone (in weight).

abbreviation

Saint.

Usage examples:

St george

suffix

Forming the second person singular of verbs.

Usage examples:

Canst

noun

A person who is dull and unadventurous and who resists change.

Usage examples:

They see many of their colleagues as stick-in-the-muds and sentimental neanderthals

noun

Someone who is old-fashioned and too serious and avoids enjoyable activities

Usage examples:

My dad's a real stick-in-the-mud.

noun

A person who insists on a certain quality or type of behaviour.

Usage examples:

He's a stickler for accuracy

noun

Someone who believes in closely following rules or in maintaining a high standard of behavior

Usage examples:

He was a stickler when it came to office manners.

noun

An advocate of maintaining tradition, especially so as to resist change.

Usage examples:

Traditionalists feared that the character of the building might be lost

adjective

Advocating the upholding or maintenance of tradition.

Usage examples:

A latin prayer used by traditionalist catholics