Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conventionality"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Conventionality \Con*ven`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl.
{Conventionalities}.
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

conventionality
n 1: conformity with conventional thought and behavior
2: unoriginality as a result of being too conventional [ant: {unconventionality}]
3: orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional [syn: {convention},
{conventionalism}] [ant: {unconventionality}]


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