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- DictionaryCon·ven·tion·al/kənˈven(t)SH(ə)nəl/
adjective
- 1. based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed: "a conventional morality had dictated behavior" Similar normalstandardregularordinaryusualtraditionaltypicalcommoncommon or gardengarden varietyrun-of-the-millprosaicpedestriancommonplaceunimaginativeuninspireduninspiringunadventurousunremarkableunexceptionalunoriginalderivativeformulaicpredictablestockhackneyedclichédstereotypicalstereotypedtriteplatitudinousinformal:old hatplain vanillabog-standardhackyrare:formalisticOpposite original
- ▪ (of a person) concerned with what is generally held to be acceptable at the expense of individuality and sincerity.
- ▪ (of a work of art or literature) following traditional forms and genres: "conventional love poetry" Similar orthodoxtraditionalestablishedacceptedreceivedmainstreamprevailingprevalentaccustomedcustomaryconservativetraditionaltraditionalistconformistbourgeoisold-fashionedof the old schoolformalcorrectproperdecorousstaidsmall-townsuburbanparochialnarrow-mindedbien pensantcomme il fauthistorical:Biedermeierinformal:straightsquarestrait-lacedstodgystuffystick-in-the-mudfuddy-duddyOpposite unorthodoxunconventionalradicalbohemian
- ▪ (of weapons or power) nonnuclear: "agreement on reducing conventional forces in Europe"
- ▪ (of a bid) intended to convey a particular meaning according to an agreed upon convention.
Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘relating to a formal agreement or convention’): from French conventionnel or late Latin conventionalis, from Latin conventio(n-) ‘meeting, covenant’, from the verb convenire (see convene).
Derivatives
- 1. conventionalism noun
- 2. conventionalist noun
- 3. conventionality noun
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