conventionalism

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.

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con·vention·al·ism n.

con·vention·al·ist n.

con·vention·al·ly adv.

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conventionalism

a variety of conduct and thought based solely upon the usages, opinions, and practices of one’s own society. — conventionalist, n.

See also: Attitudes

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Noun

1.

conventionalism - orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional conventionality, convention orthodoxy - the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion) ossification, conformity - hardened conventionality