The phrase "age of conformity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a period in which individuals are expected to adhere to societal norms and standards, often at the expense of personal expression or individuality.
Example: "The 1950s are often referred to as the age of conformity, where societal expectations dictated behavior and lifestyle choices."
Alternatives: "era of compliance" or "period of uniformity".
In this age of conformity and big brands, individualism is a delightful rarity.
The age of autonomy, like the age of conformity, must have its critics.
In 1972, Monsignor Murnion's doctoral dissertation compared the beliefs of priests his age with those ordained in the 1920's, an age of conformity.
Joanna Williams, author of Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity, says students' closer relationship with managers has not always been healthy, particularly when it comes to free speech and imposing the Prevent legislation, designed to deter radicalisation.
Writing in her new book, Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity, she says: "Instead of an intellectual robustness to challenge and debate views, academics are teaching that words can inflict violence and oppression and should be censored".
British society Dominic Sandbrook, historian We always see the Fifties as an age of conformity, but British society was changing quickly, thanks to the "affluent society", geographical mobility and the expansion of education.
The nineteen-fifties are usually thought of as an age of bland conformity, but an awful lot of subversive cultural lava was bubbling under the surface.
The strength of the X-Men franchise has always been its metaphorical embracing of diversity; a celebration of the talented misfit in an age of bland conformity.
By Hendrik Hertzberg December 22, 2008 The nineteen-fifties are usually thought of as an age of bland conformity, but an awful lot of subversive cultural lava was bubbling under the surface.
One cannot imagine, in this day and age of boring conformity, that there is still a place left on earth that allows such an elemental event to take place.
Towering westerns and pert musicals are largely absent from this quirky celebration: how, Harvey asks, can they compare with James Mason as a megalomaniac cortisone addict or Deanna Durbin, incredibly, as a noir femme fatale -- small beacons of subversion in an age of staggering conformity.
