| 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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