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con·ven·tion·al  (kn-vnsh-nl)
adj.
1. Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary: conventional symbols; a conventional form of address.
2. Conforming to established practice or accepted standards; traditional: a conventional church wedding.
3.
a. Devoted to or bound by conventions to the point of artificiality; ceremonious.
b. Unimaginative; conformist: longed to escape from their conventional, bourgeois lives.
4. Represented, as in a work of art, in simplified or abstract form.
5. Law Based on consent or agreement; contractual.
6. Of, relating to, or resembling an assembly.
7. Using means other than nuclear weapons or energy: conventional warfare; conventional power plants.

con·vention·al·ism n.
con·vention·al·ist n.
con·vention·al·ly adv.

conventional [kənˈvɛnʃənəl]
adj
1. following the accepted customs and proprieties, esp in a way that lacks originality conventional habits
2. established by accepted usage or general agreement
3. of or relating to a convention or assembly
4. (Law) Law based upon the agreement or consent of parties
5. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) Arts represented in a simplified or generalized way; conventionalized
6. (Military) (of weapons, warfare, etc.) not nuclear
n
(Group Games / Bridge) Bridge another word for convention [7]
conventionally  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.conventional - following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"
unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
unconventional - not conforming to accepted rules or standards; "her unconventional dress and hair style"
unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles"
2.conventional - conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world"
orthodox - adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world"
3.conventional - (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"
nuclear, atomic - (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic bombs"
4.conventional - unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles"
5.conventional - represented in simplified or symbolic form
beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art
nonrepresentational - of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature
6.conventional - in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake"
traditional - consisting of or derived from tradition; "traditional history"; "traditional morality"
7.conventional - rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"

conventional
adjective
1. proper, conservative, correct, formal, respectable, bourgeois, genteel, staid, conformist, decorous, Pooterish a respectable married woman with conventional opinions
2. ordinary, standard, normal, regular, usual, vanilla (slang), habitual, bog-standard (Brit. & Irish slang), common the cost of fuel and electricity used by a conventional system
3. traditional, accepted, prevailing, orthodox, customary, prevalent, hidebound, wonted The conventional wisdom on these matters is being challenged.
4. unoriginal, routine, stereotyped, pedestrian, commonplace, banal, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, hackneyed, vanilla (slang) This is a rather conventional work by a mediocre author.
unoriginal abnormal, uncommon, unconventional, off-the-wall (slang), unorthodox, left-field (informal)
Translations
conventional [kənˈvenʃənl] ADJ [behaviour, tastes, weapons, method] → convencional; [person] → tradicional, convencional; [belief, values] → tradicional; [style, clothes] → clásico, tradicional
conventional medicinela medicina tradicional or convencional
she was not beautiful in the conventional sense of the wordno era una belleza en el sentido generalmente aceptado de la palabra
conventional wisdom (frm) → la opinión convencional

conventional [kənˈvɛnʃənəl] adj [behaviour, opinion] → conventionnel(le); [method, product] → conventionnel(le) conventional weapons

conventional
adj dress, attitudes, warfare, weaponskonventionell; person, behaviour alsokonventionsgebunden; philosophy, beliefs, theory, manner, techniqueherkömmlich; theatre, music, styletraditionell; symbol, mealtimesnormalerweise üblich; it is conventional to do somethinges ist normalerweise üblich, etw zu tun; conventional medicinekonventionelle Medizin; in the conventional senseim herkömmlichen Sinn

conventional [kənˈvɛnʃənl] adj (person, style, weapons) → convenzionale; (methods) → tradizionale
conventional [kənˈvɛnʃənl] adj (person, style, weapons) → convenzionale; (methods) → tradizionale

conventional تقليدي konvenční konventionel traditionell καθιερωμένος convencional sovinnainen conventionnel konvencionalan convenzionale 慣例にのっとった 재래식인 conventioneel konvensjonell konwencjonalny convencional обычный konventionell เกี่ยวกับประเพณีนิยม geleneksel theo tập quán thông thường 常规的


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