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conventional definition
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Grep of noun conventional conventionalisation conventionalism conventionality conventionalization Overview of adj conventional The adj conventional has 7 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (12) conventional -- (following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address") 2. (2) conventional, established -- (conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world") 3. (1) conventional -- (weapons that are not nuclear; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons") 4. (1) conventional -- (unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes") 5. (1) conventional, formal, schematic -- ((fine arts) represented in simplified or symbolic form) 6. (1) conventional -- (in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake") 7. ceremonious, conventional -- (rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt") Antonyms of adj conventional 7 senses of conventional Sense 1 conventional (vs. unconventional) (vs. unconventional) unconventional (vs. conventional) => bohemian => go-as-you-please => irregular, maverick, unorthodox unconventional (vs. conventional) (vs. conventional) => alternative => bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, outlandish, outre => devil-may-care, raffish, rakish => far-out, kinky, offbeat, quirky, way-out => spaced-out, spacy, spacey Sense 2 conventional, established INDIRECT (VIA orthodox) -> unorthodox Sense 3 conventional (vs. nuclear) nuclear (vs. conventional), atomic => thermonuclear Sense 4 conventional (vs. unconventional) unconventional (vs. conventional) (vs. conventional) => alternative => bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, outlandish, outre => devil-may-care, raffish, rakish => far-out, kinky, offbeat, quirky, way-out => spaced-out, spacy, spacey Sense 5 conventional, formal, schematic INDIRECT (VIA nonrepresentational) -> representational Sense 6 conventional INDIRECT (VIA traditional) -> nontraditional, untraditional Sense 7 ceremonious, conventional INDIRECT (VIA formal) -> informal Similarity of adj conventional 7 senses of conventional Sense 1 conventional (vs. unconventional) (vs. unconventional) => accepted, received => customary => stodgy, stuffy => formulaic Also See-> formal#1; unoriginal#1 Sense 2 conventional, established => orthodox (vs. unorthodox) Sense 3 conventional (vs. nuclear) Sense 4 conventional (vs. unconventional) => button-down, buttoned-down, conservative => square, straight => stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative Sense 5 conventional, formal, schematic => nonrepresentational (vs. representational) Sense 6 conventional => traditional (vs. nontraditional) Sense 7 ceremonious, conventional => formal (vs. informal) Attributes of adj conventional 1 of 7 senses of conventional Sense 1 conventional (vs. unconventional) (vs. unconventional) => conventionality, convention, conventionalism Familiarity of adj conventional conventional used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 7) Grep of adj conventional conventional conventionalised conventionalized unconventional Overview of adj conventional The adj conventional has 7 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (12) conventional -- (following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address") 2. (2) conventional, established -- (conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world") 3. (1) conventional -- (weapons that are not nuclear; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons") 4. (1) conventional -- (unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes") 5. (1) conventional, formal, schematic -- ((fine arts) represented in simplified or symbolic form) 6. (1) conventional -- (in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake") 7. ceremonious, conventional -- (rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt")
conventional definition