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conventional

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con⋅ven⋅tion⋅al

  [kuhn-ven-shuh-nl]
–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.
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Origin:
1575–85; < LL conventiōnālis. See convention, -al 1

Related forms:
con⋅ven⋅tion⋅al⋅ist, noun
con⋅ven⋅tion⋅al⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See formal 1 . 2. usual, habitual, customary.
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con·ven·tion·al   (kən-věn'shə-nəl)   
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.

  4. Represented, as in a work of art, in simplified or abstract form.

  5. Law Based on consent or agreement; contractual.

  6. Of, relating to, or resembling an assembly.

  7. 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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Main Entry: con·ven·tion·al
Pronunciation: k&n-'ven-ch&-n&l
Function: adjective
1 : based on, settled by, or formed by agreement : CONTRACTUAL —compare JUDICIAL 2, LEGAL 2c
2 : of, like, or relating to a convention or public meeting
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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