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Definition of Conventionality

1. Noun. Conformity with conventional thought and behavior.

2. Noun. Unoriginality as a result of being too conventional.

3. Noun. Orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional.

Definition of Conventionality

1. n. 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 of Conventionality

1. Noun. The state of being conventional ¹

2. Noun. Something conventional; a convention ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conventionality

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Conventionality

conventional wars conventional weapon conventional weaponry conventional weapons conventional wisdom conventionalisation conventionalise conventionalised conventionalises conventionalising

conventionalism conventionalisms conventionalist conventionalists conventionalities conventionality (current term) conventionalization conventionalizations conventionalize conventionalized

conventionalizes conventionalizing conventionally conventionary conventioneer conventioneers conventioner conventioners conventiongoer conventiongoers

Literary usage of Conventionality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Social Psychology: An Outline and Source Book by Edward Alsworth Ross (1908)
"Custom imitation and conventionality imitation are sharply distinct from each other ... To be sure, the same practice may be at one stage a conventionality, ..."

2. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist: A Popular Illustration of the Principles by Richard Green Moulton (1901)
"How 'As You LIKE IT' PRESENTS VARIED FORMS OF HUMOUR IN CONFLICT WITH A SINGLE conventionality. LA Study of more Complex Dramatic Colouring. ..."

3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1876)
"... other« are cherished as domestic pets and have acquired a prescriptive right to immunity. Such is " conventionality," a pet bull of Mrs. 0 randy's. ..."

4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"conventionality PASSION and Fire—bah! are they ever linked with beauty ? Beauty and fairness of face ? The devils below can tell The upper-world folk, ..."

5. The Literary Movement in France During the Nineteenth Century by Georges Pellissier (1897)
"To distinguish one's self from others is a mark of insolence and incivility. Even virtue must bow before conventionality and submit to the tyranny of custom ..."

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