conventional
Americanadjective
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conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste.
conventional behavior.
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pertaining to convention or general agreement; established by general consent or accepted usage; arbitrarily determined.
conventional symbols.
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ordinary rather than different or original.
conventional phraseology.
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not using, making, or involving nuclear weapons or energy; nonnuclear.
conventional warfare.
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Art.
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in accordance with an accepted manner, model, or tradition.
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(of figurative art) represented in a generalized or simplified manner.
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of or relating to a convention, agreement, or compact.
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Law. resting on consent, express or implied.
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of or relating to a convention or assembly.
adjective
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following the accepted customs and proprieties, esp in a way that lacks originality
conventional habits
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established by accepted usage or general agreement
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of or relating to a convention or assembly
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law based upon the agreement or consent of parties
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arts represented in a simplified or generalized way; conventionalized
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(of weapons, warfare, etc) not nuclear
noun
Related Words
See formal 1.
Other Word Forms
- anticonventional adjective
- anticonventionalist noun
- anticonventionally adverb
- conventionalist noun
- conventionally adverb
- nonconventional adjective
- nonconventionally adverb
- quasi-conventional adjective
- quasi-conventionally adverb
- semiconventional adjective
- semiconventionally adverb
Etymology
Origin of conventional
From the Late Latin word conventiōnālis, dating back to 1575–85. See convention, -al 1
Example Sentences
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While overall delinquency rates remain low by historical standards, Federal Housing Authority and Veterans Affairs home loans are seeing higher delinquency rates than conventional loans, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
From MarketWatch
Market insights is a roughly $150 billion industry that has long relied on conventional consulting and market research companies.
"I was like, 'This is not going to be taken seriously because the BBC love the conventional stuff, and this is not conventional'," says the musician.
From BBC
Drones have created no-man’s-lands of terror, pushing forces away from conventional tactics to fiber-optic systems that are resistant to jamming and robot evacuations.
Rodríguez said her ruling socialist party is expected to present in the National Assembly in the coming days a new set of mining regulations to lure miners to extract strategic minerals and conventional metals.
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