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Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
conformity (n.)
 
 
The noun combines most frequently with the prepositions to and with: The need for conformity to [with] his boss’s whims irked him greatly. We also speak of conformity among several things, conformity between two of them, and conformity of some things in or with certain qualities. All these are Standard.  1
 
 
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