<p>"Mapletree thanks for ur ridiculous source... those are slang and purely ridiculous definitions by unedified people...I am not surprised that you go to these sources... Perhaps the Oxford dictionary doesn't mean much to you"</p>
<p>Um, just trying to give you a better picture of what the general public might think the word means. I already said that they "were not actual definitions" so there's no need to get all catty, mmkay? The Oxford dictionary is good and all, but I doubt the adcoms are going to consult it to find out your specific meaning of the word - they'll probably just go with the meaning they have in their heads, which is what everyone here is trying to tell you - perhaps not in France, but in America and Australia (where I grew up) people generally think of that word in negative terms.</p>
<p>I have to say I agree with this: "Because it paints a picture as a follower, someone who doesn't think for themselves" and furthermore, if you look at my ridiculous source, some of the tagged words are "emo, poser, loser, prep, trendwhore, trendy, wannabe," some of which also spring into my mind when I see the word. </p>
<p>Nothing as official as the Oxford dictionary, but you get the idea.</p>
<p>Conformist - –noun
1. a person who conforms, esp. unquestioningly, to the usual practices or standards of a group, society, etc.</p>
<p>I don't know if this would be in your best interest.</p>
<p>yes..... my mother told me not to have sex before marriage...</p>
<p>and i didn't... coz i am a conformist....</p>
<p>i think it is a bit different everywhere... but i will call an adcom</p>
<p>But, yet, I have sex regularly, like the majority of the population.</p>
<p>And I do this...Because I'm a conformist...(Well, other reasons too, I suppose)</p>
<p>Take the good and bad here ol' M. Kenien.</p>
<p>Not trying to be upsetting here, just trying to help you out, prove a point. You seem to be getting all upset about it.</p>
<p>Don't get angry because of what I said. I'm just an idiot. What do I know? Absolutely nothing. The guy in the $6,000 suit is going to further explain the connotation of "conformist." C'mon!</p>
<p>okay I expect no one to make sense of that. I don't really care.</p>
<p>stewartdall....that is not conformism... that is stupidity...</p>
<p>At the end of the day... most of those HIV positive people shouldn't complain abt this disease.... </p>
<p>Remember... I said most and not all ....</p>
<p>Sachmoney.... ur not an idiot...</p>
<p>I think conformism can be taken either way... good and bad</p>
<p>like stewarts conformism is negative peer pressure
my sex confromism is positive peer pressure</p>
<p>when did this become about sex?</p>
<p>Wait a minute, since when do my friends have anything to do with who I have sex with?</p>
<p>stewarduall..u just said u have sex coz ur conform to society... and ur closest social group are ur friends....</p>
<p>well..when people deliberatly have sex... and get Aids.... they shuldn't complain abt it...</p>
<p>that's a deliberate act.... like murder...</p>
<p>Just because you're having sex doesn't mean you're getting AIDS. </p>
<p>Also, I called myself an idiot.</p>
<p>m.kenien - I'm sorry, but I find it more than a little ironic that by your definition of the word conformist "i care what other people say... i care what other people think abt me.... I believe in conforming to the society and its traditions...." you're not really conforming to it very well at all. So far you've insulted me, Sachmoney and stewartdall when all we've tried to do is help you understand what we perceive the meaning of the word to be.</p>
<p>It's not that crazy. Please, relax.</p>
<p>lol!!!!!! i am so nervous and annoyed as well...</p>
<p>after all.... thanks to u blokes for pointing this out to me....</p>
<p>i wud have never know abt this conformist thing...</p>
<p>It's ironic that she has a view of conformity that is of the minority (in terms of opinion of conformity).</p>
<p>in my region in Lyon, France.... we r quite religious community and i am quite new in US...</p>
<p>but thank guyz for informing me apropos this...</p>
<p>It's cool. How do you like the US so far? What's the French opinion of the US?</p>
<p>"It's ironic that she has a view of conformity that is of the minority (in terms of opinion of conformity)."</p>
<p>Indeed. She is, in fact, a nonconformist in this thread by our definitions (a word which has more positive connotations in this society).</p>
<p>That was the longest 25 minutes of my life. Saturday night arguing the meaning of conformity on a message board. BRING OUT THE SCOTCH.</p>
<p>Forget the scotch, let's get a keg.</p>
<p>mapletree ... lol! I hope you realize that I am not from US</p>