Conformity vs Propriety - What's the difference?
conformity | propriety |
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.
(obsolete) The particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality.
(obsolete) A characteristic; an attribute.
(obsolete) More generally, something owned by someone; a possession.
* 1723 , Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury :
The fact of possessing something; ownership.
Suitability, fitness; the quality of being appropriate.
* 1773 ,
* 1850 ,
Correctness in behaviour and morals; good manners, seemliness.
* 1811 , (Jane Austen), :
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As nouns the difference between conformity and propriety
is that conformity is state of things being similar or identical while propriety is the particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality.conformity
English
Noun
- 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. -
Usage notes
* Sometimes used interchangeably with conformation.References
*Synonyms
* conformanceAntonyms
* nonconformitypropriety
English
Noun
- I was fearful of giving You a very sensible Disgust, in making You'' seem the ''Propriety'' of ''one Man'', when You know Yourself ''ordained'' for the Comfort and Refreshment of ''Multitudes .
- I find such a pleasure, sir, in obeying your commands, that I take care to observe them without ever debating their propriety .
- Now, if we may, with propriety', refer to the people one question, why may we not, with equal ' propriety , refer another?
- Elinor then ventured to doubt the propriety of her receiving such a present from a man so little, or at least so lately known to her.
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References
*"Propriety" at Dictionary.com