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Conventionalism

Con-ven′tion-al-ism

,
Noun.
1.
That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.
All the artifice and
conventionalism
of life.
Hawthorne.
They gaze on all with dead, dim eyes, – wrapped in
conventionalisms
, . . . simulating feelings according to a received standard.
F. W. Robertson.
2.
(Fine Arts)
The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See
Conventionalize
,
Verb.
T.

Definition 2024


conventionalism

conventionalism

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Noun

conventionalism (usually uncountable, plural conventionalisms)

  1. (uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior
  2. (countable, obsolete) A conventional act or constraint
    • 1864 March 15, Frederick Denison Maurice, “To ____”, in The Life Of Frederick Denison Maurice, volume 2, ISBN 1428661921, page 478:
      Having said this, you will not, I trust, suspect me of disliking you for throwing off conventionalisms and speaking to me as a man to a man.
  3. (uncountable, philosophy) The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions
    • 2016 October 2, (Please provide the title of the work), volume 140, number 3, DOI:10.1007/s11098-007-9152-6:
      Skepticism arrives at conventionalism by way of the claims that the conditions on evidential support cannot be satisfied [] but that we must have beliefs in order to carry on.

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