'Conventionalism' definitions:
Definition of 'conventionalism'
(from WordNet)
noun
Orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional [syn: conventionality, convention, conventionalism] [ant: unconventionality]
Definition of 'Conventionalism'
From: GCIDE
- Conventionalism \Con*ven"tion*al*ism\, n.
- 1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage. [1913 Webster]
- All the artifice and conventionalism of life. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- They gaze on all with dead, dim eyes, -- wrapped in conventionalisms, . . . simulating feelings according to a received standard. --F. W. Robertson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Fine Arts) The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Conventionalism'
- Convent,
- Conventical,
- Convention,
- Conventional,
- Conventionalities,
- Conventionality,
- Conventionally,
- Conventical prior,
- Geneva convention,
- constitutional convention,
- social convention,
- american baptist convention,
- chemical weapons convention,
- conventional formal schematic,
- northern baptist convention,
- southern baptist convention