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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.
5.
EXPANDArt.
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.
COLLAPSEof or pertaining to a convention or assembly.
Related forms
con·ven·tion·al·ist, noun
con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverb
an·ti·con·ven·tion·al, adjective
an·ti·con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverb
an·ti·con·ven·tion·al·ist, noun, adjective
EXPANDnon·con·ven·tion·al, adjective
non·con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverb
qua·si-con·ven·tion·al, adjective
qua·si-con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverb
sem·i·con·ven·tion·al, adjective
sem·i·con·ven·tion·al·ly, adverb
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| conventional (kənˈvɛnʃənəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | following the accepted customs and proprieties, esp in a way that lacks originality: conventional habits |
| 2. | established by accepted usage or general agreement |
| 3. | of or relating to a convention or assembly |
| 4. | law based upon the agreement or consent of parties |
| 5. | arts represented in a simplified or generalized way; conventionalized |
| 6. | (of weapons, warfare, etc) not nuclear |
| —n | |
| 7. | bridge another word for convention |
| con'ventionally | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
conventional
1580s, "of the nature of an agreement," from L. conventionalis "pertaining to convention or agreement," from conventionem (see convention). Meaning "of the nature of a convention" is from 1812, now rare; "established by social convention" is from 1761; that of "following
EXPANDtradition" is from 1831; that of "non-nuclear" is from 1955. Realted: Conventionally.
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