History GCSE
Ideological conformity
What Ideological conformity means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Ideological conformity
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Enforcement of loyalty to the state, encouraged through citizens informing on one another and the destruction of traditional social bonds.
Topics that use Ideological conformity
- Option 32: Key topic 1: Establishing communist rule, 1945–59 - 3 Consolidating the CCP’s hold on power, 1951–52 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Counter-revolutionaries
- Five Antis
- Laogai
- Mass mobilisation
- Political opposition
- Struggle sessions
- Three Antis
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