ideological conformity
Lockstep belief adherence
Ideological conformity is alignment with a set of beliefs held by a group, whether genuine or performed to avoid social costs.
The phrase usually carries negative connotations, implying pressure to adopt positions without independent thought: The department demanded ideological conformity from its faculty.
It appears in critiques of institutions—political parties, universities, corporations—accused of enforcing orthodoxy.
- mass mediaLarge-scale communication channels
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- thought policeSuppressors of forbidden beliefs
- groupthinkConformity-driven poor decisions
- hive mindUnified group consciousness
peer pressure · social pressure · self-censorship · propaganda · party line · cultural hegemony · social norms · herd behavior · party loyalty · loyalty test · true believer · cognitive dissonance · confirmation bias · nationalism · societal expectations · free thinker · echo chamber · counterculture
ideological conformityfreethinking
Intellectually independent reasoning
independent thought · free thought · critical thinking · heterodoxy · freethought
ideological conformitynonconformity
Rejection of prevailing norms
dissent · heterodoxy · iconoclasm · heresy · contrarianism
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