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CONVENTIONALITY

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con⋅ven⋅tion⋅al⋅i⋅ty

  [kuhn-ven-shuh-nal-i-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties for 3, 4.
1. conventional quality or character.
2. adherence to convention.
3. a conventional practice, principle, form, etc.
4. conventionalities, conventional rules of behavior.
Origin:
1825–35; conventional + -ity
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con·ven·tion·al·i·ty   (kən-věn'shə-nāl'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. con·ven·tion·al·i·ties

  1. The state, quality, or character of being conventional.

  2. A conventional act, idea, or practice.

  3. conventionalities The rules of conventional social behavior.

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