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Equality vs Conformity - What's the difference?

equality | conformity |

As nouns the difference between equality and conformity

is that equality is the fact of being equal while conformity is state of things being similar or identical.

equality

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The fact of being equal.
  • (uncountable, mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
  • (uncountable) The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.

    • Synonyms

    * (fact of being equal ): equivalence parity,

    Antonyms

    * (fact of being equal ): difference, inequality * (equal treatment of people ): discrimination, inequality nonequivilence

    conformity

    English

    Noun

  • 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.
    • 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

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    Synonyms

    * conformance

    Antonyms

    * nonconformity

    Related terms

    * conform * conformance * conformism