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conventional
  • (a.) Formed by agreement or compact
  • stipulated.
  • (a.) Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement
  • sanctioned by general concurrence or usage
  • formal.
  • (a.) Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules.
  • (a.) Abstracted
  • removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected
  • as, a conventional flower
  • a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t.
 
conventionalily
  • (adv.) In a conventional manner.
 
conventionalism
  • (n.) That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement
  • that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.
  • (n.) The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t.
 
conventionalist
  • (n.) One who adheres to a convention or treaty.
  • (n.) One who is governed by conventionalism.
 
conventionalities
  • (pl. ) of Conventionality
 
conventionality
  • (n.) The state of being conventional
  • adherence to social formalities or usages
  • that which is established by conventional use
  • one of the customary usages of social life.

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