conventionality

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

convention conventionalism form practice rule normal orthodoxy conditionality agreement usage fashion ceremony protocol custom ritual
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Antonyms

unconventionality difference contrast deviation deficiency divergence
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Hypernyms

orthodoxy conformity conformism unoriginality

Hyponyms

conformity ossification

Derivatives

conventionalities

Examples

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. Charlotte Brontë

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality. Florence Nightingale

Conventionality is not morality. Charlotte Brontë

Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures. Francis Parkman

Historically, Alaska is a place that has attracted those fed up with conventionality. Bill O'Reilly

What worse illness can there be than acute conventionality. You should pray every night that you don't wake up with it. George Weinberg

Close letter words and terms

conventionalised conventionalism conventionalist conventionalization conventionalize conventionalized