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conventionality

[kuh n-ven-shuh-nal-i-tee]
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noun, plural con·ven·tion·al·i·ties for 3, 4.

conventional quality or character.
adherence to convention.
a conventional practice, principle, form, etc.
conventionalities, conventional rules of behavior.

RELATED WORDS

righteousness, goodness, obedience, dignity, modesty, honesty, decorum, civility, correctness, propriety, courtesy, virtue, rite, ritual, procedure, mores, integrity, ethic, conduct, ideal

Origin of conventionality

First recorded in 1825–35; conventional + -ity
Related formssem·i·con·ven·tion·al·i·ty, noun, plural sem·i·con·ven·tion·al·i·ties.
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Examples from the Web for conventionality

Historical Examples of conventionality

  • That's their way of showing their contempt for conventionality.

    The Foolish Lovers

    St. John G. Ervine

  • So, Jennie, we must pay some respect to conventionality, and we will take the carriage.

  • And Miss Abbott—she, too, was beautiful in her way, for all her gaucheness and conventionality.

  • It takes its root in conventionality, the curse of all individuality and progress.

    The Curse of Education

    Harold E. Gorst

  • Our submergence in a sea of conventionality of almost impenetrable density.

British Dictionary definitions for conventionality

conventionality

noun plural -ties

the quality or characteristic of being conventional, esp in behaviour, thinking, etc
(often plural) something conventional, esp a normal or accepted rule of behaviour; propriety
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