Acquiescence vs Conformity - What's the difference?
acquiescence | conformity | Related terms |
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; - distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
(legal) Submission to an injury by the party injured, or tacit concurrence in the action of another.
State of things being similar or identical.
A point of resemblance; a similarity.
State of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
Acquiescence is a related term of conformity.
As nouns the difference between acquiescence and conformity
is that acquiescence is a silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; - distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction while conformity is state of things being similar or identical.acquiescence
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(wikipedia acquiescence)Noun
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* (English Citations of "acquiescence")conformity
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- 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. -
