Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Adherence or the tendency to adhere to conventional usages, regulations, and precedents; conventionality; formalism.
- noun That which is received or established by convention or agreement; a conventional phrase, form, ceremony, etc.; something depending on conventional rules and precepts.
- noun In anthropology, the tendency of human activities to lose their significance in the course of the development of culture, and to become conventional.
- noun In the fine arts, the tendency of realistic representations of animals, plants, and other natural forms to become more conventional; in the course of the development of decorative art, the tendency of realistic motives to change into geometrical forms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.
- noun (Fine Arts) The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See
Conventionalize , v. t.
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- noun uncountable
Adherence to socialconventions ;conventional behavior - noun countable, obsolete A
conventional act or constraint - noun uncountable, philosophy The
doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression ofconventions
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- noun orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yes ... "conventionalism" is a better word for what I'm talking about simply because it immediately distances what I'm talking about from the quite separate but nonetheless interesting claim that fantasy as a literary form is institutionally racist.
The Aesthetics of Fat Hal Duncan 2007
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Reichenbach writes that: “The solution to the problem of space is ¦ found only in this conception we call conventionalism ¦ which goes back to Helmholtz and Poincaré.”
Hans Reichenbach Glymour, Clark 2008
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Women's instinctive attitude had a unique chance of displaying itself, and one wondered at the combined prudery and sentiment with which the subject was approached, while the most offensive part of their conventionalism was the sex-obsession, which was clotted, like cream turned sour, on all their judgments.
Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards 1897
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Instead, all I got to hear was a bunch of highly professional people, educated and polished - moan and cluck their tongues at the 'conventionalism' of all the entries.
State of Play Virtual Architecture 1.0: Contest Judges Say Enough with the Simulacra Already 2005
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In the reaction against the monotony of formalism and of that deadly conventionalism which is the peril of every accepted method in religion, art, education, or politics, men are ready to welcome any revolt, however extravagant.
Essays on Work and Culture Hamilton Wright Mabie 1880
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These striking and contrasting types existing together at that period, are now rapidly disappearing before that universal conventionalism which is at present seizing and moulding the higher classes in all cities and in all countries.
Life of Chopin Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886 1877
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These striking and contrasting types existing together at that period, are now rapidly disappearing before that universal conventionalism which is at present seizing and moulding the higher classes in all cities and in all countries.
Life of Chopin Franz Liszt 1848
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Besides the intrinsic structure, the rhythm and what is known as the conventionalism of this style adapt themselves but ill to the requirements of true liturgical music. "
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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(unless they are on sale!) no - i'm kidding. i'm feeling like a trout that's trying to swim upstream ... ergh. then again, i've never really been one to go with "conventionalism" per se.
moschikat Diary Entry moschikat 2002
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Indeed, material dependence is a rather weak kind of conventionalism and could even be made compatible with some versions of realism (cf. Hacking
Natural Kinds Bird, Alexander 2008
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