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conventionalism

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con⋅ven⋅tion⋅al⋅ism

  [kuhn-ven-shuh-nl-iz-uhm]
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–noun
1. adherence to or advocacy of conventional attitudes or practices.
2. something conventional, as an expression or attitude.
3. Philosophy. the view that fundamental principles are validated by definition, agreement, or convention.
Origin:
1825–35; conventional + -ism
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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