conventionality
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (3)conventionalities
- conformity with conventional thought and behaviorType of conformity, conformism
- unoriginality as a result of being too conventionalOpposite unconventionalityType of unoriginality
- orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventionalSynonyms: conventionconventionalismType of orthodoxyKinds ossification, conformityAttribute of conventional, unconventional
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Con·ven′tion·al′i·ty noun; pl. Conventionalities (…).
The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54