convention
noun
a large formal meeting or assembly, as of members, representatives, or delegates, for discussion of and action on particular matters of common concern.
unconvention
-
a word derived from
convention.
Example Sentences
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Painters all over America had deduced from Abstract Expressionism that art, to be sincere, must be thick and splashy, so that the galleries were full of conventional signs for unconvention.
From Time Magazine Archive
A woman of your training perhaps cannot grasp the honesty of my unconvention.
From The Secret Witness by George Gibbs
They had quarreled some days ago, for Mr. Pennington’s lazy humor had turned to a reckless unconvention which had somewhat startled her.
From The Maker of Opportunities by George Gibbs
His guests had finished now, and they came back presently to the big, deep settle, happy in the comfort of plenteous food, the warmth and the cosy seat, and the wild unconvention of it all.
From The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods by Albert Bigelow Paine
Not rude, the act savoured somehow of the downright free bigness of unconvention.
From Six Feet Four by Jackson Gregory
