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Webster 1913 Edition


Conventionality

Con-venˊtion-al′i-ty

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Noun.
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pl.
Conventionalities
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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.

Definition 2024


conventionality

conventionality

English

Noun

conventionality (countable and uncountable, plural conventionalities)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being conventional
  2. (countable) Something conventional; a convention
    • 1857, S. H. Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes:
      Whither shall we flee from civilization, to take off the harness and be free, for a season, from the restraints, the conventionalities of society, and rest from the hard struggles, the cares and toils, the strifes and competitions of life?
    • 1894, John Muir, The Mountains of California:
      The Sugar Pine is as free from conventionalities of form and motion as any oak.