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con·ven·tion·al

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–adjective

1.	conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.

2.	pertaining to convention or general agreement; established by general consent or accepted usage; arbitrarily determined: conventional symbols.

3.	ordinary rather than different or original: conventional phraseology.

4.	not using, making, or involving nuclear weapons or energy; nonnuclear: conventional warfare.

Art.

a.	in accordance with an accepted manner, model, or tradition.

b.	(of figurative art) represented in a generalized or simplified manner.

6.	of or pertaining to a convention, agreement, or compact.

7.	Law. resting on consent, express or implied.

8.	of or pertaining to a convention or assembly.

[Origin: 1575–85; < LL conventiōnālis. See convention, -al¹

]

—Related forms

con·ven·tion·al·ist, noun

con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. See formal¹. 2. usual, habitual, customary.

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con·ven·tion·al Audio Help (kən-věn'shə-nəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary: conventional symbols; a conventional form of address.
Conforming to established practice or accepted standards; traditional: a conventional church wedding.
1. Devoted to or bound by conventions to the point of artificiality; ceremonious.
2. Unimaginative; conformist: longed to escape from their conventional, bourgeois lives.
Represented, as in a work of art, in simplified or abstract form.
Law Based on consent or agreement; contractual.
Of, relating to, or resembling an assembly.
Using means other than nuclear weapons or energy: conventional warfare; conventional power plants.

con·ven'tion·al·ism n., con·ven'tion·al·ist n., con·ven'tion·al·ly adv.

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conventional
adjective
1.	following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address" [ant: unconventional]
2.	conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world"
3.	(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons" [ant: atomic]
4.	unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes" [ant: unconventional]
5.	represented in simplified or symbolic form
6.	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"
7.	rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt" [syn: ceremonious]

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conˈventional adjective

(negative unconventional) according to the accepted standards etc; not outrageous or eccentric
Example: conventional dress; the more conventional forms of art

Arabic:	تَقْليدي
Chinese (Simplified):	常规的
Chinese (Traditional):	常規的，習慣的
Czech:	konvenční
Danish:	konventionel; traditionel
Dutch:	conventioneel
Estonian:	kombekohane
Finnish:	sovinnainen
French:	conventionnel
German:	herkömmlich
Greek:	συμβατικός, τυπικός
Hungarian:	hagyományos
Icelandic:	viðtekinn, venjulegur
Indonesian:	konvensional
Italian:	convenzionale

Japanese:	型にはまった
Korean:	관습적인, 틀에 박힌
Latvian:	konvencionāls; vispārpieņemts; parasts
Lithuanian:	visuotinai priimtas, įprastinis, konvencionalus
Norwegian:	konvensjonell, vanlig, i tråd med skikk og bruk, tradisjonsbundet
Polish:	zwyczajowy, stereotypowy
Portuguese (Brazil):	convencional
Portuguese (Portugal):	convencional
Romanian:	convenţional
Russian:	традиционный
Slovak:	konvenčný
Slovenian:	običajen, standarden
Spanish:	convencional
Swedish:	konventionell, sedvanlig, traditionsbunden
Turkish:	geleneksel, alışılagelmiş

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Conventional

Con*ven"tion*al\, a. [L. conventionalis: cf. F. conventionnel.]

1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. --Sir M. Hale.

2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal. "Conventional decorum." --Whewell.

The conventional language appropriated to monarchs. --Motley.

The ordinary salutations, and other points of social behavior, are conventional. --Latham.

3. (Fine Arts) (a) Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules. (b) 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.

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