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con·ven·tion·al    Audio Help   [kuhn-ven-shuh-nl] Pronunciation Key
–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.
5.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]

con·ven·tion·al·ist, noun
con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverb

1. See formal1. 2. usual, habitual, customary.
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con·ven·tion·al    Audio Help   (kən-věn'shə-nəl)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
    1. Devoted to or bound by conventions to the point of artificiality; ceremonious.
    2. Unimaginative; conformist: longed to escape from their conventional, bourgeois lives.
  3. Represented, as in a work of art, in simplified or abstract form.
  4. Law Based on consent or agreement; contractual.
  5. Of, relating to, or resembling an assembly.
  6. 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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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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
See also: convention

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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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