Deindividuation vs. Conformity — What's the Difference?

Deindividuation is a concept in social psychology that is generally thought of as the loss of self-awareness in groups, although this is a matter of contention (see below). Sociologists also study the phenomenon of deindividuation, but the level of analysis is somewhat different.

Conformity is the act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms, politics or being like-minded. Norms are implicit, specific rules, shared by a group of individuals, that guide their interactions with others.

(psychology) The situation where antinormative behaviour is released in groups in which individuals are not seen or paid attention to as individuals; immersion in a group to the point at which the individual ceases to be seen as such.

Similarity in form or character; agreement

Action or behavior in correspondence with socially accepted standards, conventions, rules, or laws

The relationship between rock or sediment strata that were deposited adjacently or vertically in sequence without any interruption due to erosion, tilting, folding, or similar natural processes.

A surface exhibiting such a relationship between older rock strata and younger rock strata.

The state of things being similar or identical.

A point of resemblance; a similarity.

The 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.

Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; - followed by to, with, or between.

Compliance with the usages of the Established Church.

Correspondence in form or appearance

Acting according to certain accepted standards

Orthodoxy in thoughts and belief

Concurrence of opinion;

Hardened conventionality