Conventionality

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]