ADJECTIVE | all | conventional | following accepted customs and proprieties |
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all | conventional, established | conforming with accepted standards | |
all | conventional | (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy | |
all | conventional | unimaginative / unimaginative and conformist | |
all | conventional, formal, schematic | represented in simplified or symbolic form | |
all | conventional | in accord / accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past | |
all | conventional, ceremonious | rigidly formal or bound by convention |
Sounds | kahnveh'nshahnahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | Following accepted customs and proprieties. | |
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Attribute of | conventionality, convention, conventionalism | orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional |
Narrower | customary | In accordance with convention or custom |
formulaic | Characterized by or in accordance with some formula | |
received | Widely accepted as true or worthy | |
stodgy, stuffy | excessively conventional and unimaginative / unimaginative and hence dull / dull | |
See also | formal | In accord / accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) |
unoriginal | not original | |
Opposite | unconventional | not conforming to accepted rules or standards |
unconventional | not conventional or conformist | |
Spanish | convencional | |
Catalan | convencional | |
Nouns | conventionality | conformity with conventional thought and behavior |
Adverbs | conventionally | in a conventional manner |
Meaning | conforming with accepted standards. | |
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Example | "a conventional view of the world" | |
Synonym | established | |
Broader | orthodox | adhering to what is commonly accepted |
Spanish | convencional, establecido | |
Catalan | convencional, establert | |
Nouns | conventionality | orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional |
Meaning | (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy. | |
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Opposite | nuclear, atomic | (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy |
Spanish | convencional | |
Catalan | convencional |
Meaning | unimaginative / unimaginative and conformist. | |
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Narrower | button-down, buttoned-down, conservative | unimaginatively conventional |
square, straight | rigidly conventional or old-fashioned | |
stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative | lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality | |
white-bread | Of or belonging to or representative of the white middle class | |
Opposite | unconventional | not conventional or conformist |
Spanish | convencional | |
Catalan | convencional | |
Nouns | conventionality | unoriginality as a result of being too conventional |
Meaning | represented in simplified or symbolic form. | |
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Synonyms | formal, schematic | |
Category | fine arts, beaux arts | The study and creation of visual works of art |
Broader | nonrepresentational | Of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature |
Spanish | esquemático, formal | |
Catalan | esquemàtic, formal |
Meaning | In accord / accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past. | |
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Broader | traditional | Consisting of or derived from tradition |
Spanish | clásico, convencional, tradicional | |
Catalan | clásico, convencional, tradicional | |
Nouns | conventionality | conformity with conventional thought and behavior |
Meaning | rigidly formal or bound by convention. | |
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Synonym | ceremonious | |
Broader | formal | In accord / accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) |
Spanish | ceremoniero, ceremonioso, convencional | |
Catalan | ceremoniós, convencional |
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