conventionality
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7.4
- noun
- /kənˌvɛnʃəˈnælɪti/
:
convencionalidad
- Culler suggests that the lovers "by the excessive conventionality of their offerings pay homage to love as something to be preserved in language" (154).
Examples
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His radical solutions were rendered vain by the conventionality of his problems.
Academic text (1992) -
His decision to wear bright colors instead of traditional gray was a rejection of conventionality.
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But there is no more dogma to their religion than there is conventionality in their lives.
Blog text (10) -
He has his own ideas, and they often clash with conventionality.
Blog text (4) -
The capacity of these icons to express social division does not lie in features of their design, but in the uses to which their very conventionality can be put.
Academic text (1990) -
In the process, they reveal the conventionality underlying the panoply of photography's various functions, from book illustration to objet d'art.
Academic text (2005) -
Many artists feel that strict adherence to traditional styles limits conventionality and stifles creativity.
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The film challenges conventionality by presenting unconventional storylines and unique characters.
Synonyms
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4.8
A state of behaving and thinking like most people or like rules say
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6.5
Valuing old customs and ways, especially in religion and culture
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7.7
Following usual rules and beliefs without asking questions
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6.1
How much something is like a usual example in a group
A lack of new ideas or creativity
A lack of new ideas that makes something seem dull and familiar
A quality of being ordinary and not interesting because it appears very often
A preference for usual ways of thinking or behaving, for example in art
Wanting to keep old customs and not accept change
A way people usually do something that has lasted a long time
The state of being ordinary and like a normal routine
Days or tasks happen the same way again and again
Antonyms
How Conventional
Surface Forms
Morphology
conventionality = conventional (transparent) = convention + al + ity
The noun is formed from the adjective 'conventional' with '-ity', a transparent state/quality nominalization.
Etymology
Conventionality comes from the parts con- 'together' and venire 'to come', like convention, which shows what people agree to do. So, conventionality can mean doing what everyone else does and so showing little originality.