Dictionary

conventionality en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kənˌvɛnʃəˈnælɪti/

Etymology

Etymology tree English convention English -al English conventional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English conventionality From conventional + -ity.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state of being conventional.
2. (countable) Something conventional; a convention.
   • Whither shall we flee from civilization, to take off the harness and be free, for a season, from the restraints, the conventionalities of society, and rest from the hard struggles, the cares and toils, the strifes and competitions of life? 1857, S. H. Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes:
   • The Sugar Pine is as free from conventionalities of form and motion as any oak. 1894, John Muir, The Mountains of California:

Forms

Deriveds

unconventionality · nonconventionality

Relateds

overconventionality

Translations (2)

fi tavanomaisuus (the state of being conventional) · pl konwencjonalność (the state of being conventional)