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Meanings of conventionality in English

Portuguese
convenção
Catalan
convencionalitat
Spanish
convencionalidad

Orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional.

convenção
Synonyms
Examples for "convention"
Examples for "convention"
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The outcome of the convention on the future of Europe is remarkable.
The Irish Times
2
At his convention, he never even mentioned the words law and order.
News.com.au
3
Of course in the two months to convention time much may happen.
The new yorker
4
Asked last week whether the convention should be canceled, Biden said no.
The Guardian
5
By convention the government has primary control of the agenda in parliament.
Reuters
1
A dash of conventionalism makes the whole civilized world kin, ye know.
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 2
2
You must remember that I never met her in the circles of conventionalism.
The House of Martha
3
On the other hand it produces some of the worst features of conventionalism.
The Land-War in Ireland: A History for the Times
4
Any dash of mere conventionalism or self-seeking would spoil the whole.
The Gospels in the Second Century / An Examination of the Critic...
5
That husband of mine must leave all conventionalism to his guests, it seems.
The Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel
Usage of conventionality in English
1
Alec was enjoying the humour of poking up the giant of conventionality.
What Necessity Knows
2
In this unbounded, uncharted freedom the shackles of conventionality fell from him.
The Black Pearl
3
For the moment Maud Barrington had flung off the bonds of conventionality.
Winston of the Prairie
4
She was apparently in the highest spirits, eager to overstep all conventionality.
The Case and the Girl
5
There was much conventionality in her, though she did not know it.
The Way of Ambition
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But this is conventionality, and conventionality has to be thanked for it.
Sally Bishop: A Romance
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But he had a wish to outrage his own sense of conventionality.
The Blood Red Dawn
8
As Miss Van Tuyn said this she marvelled at her own conventionality.
December Love
9
She did not demand too much virtue or require too much conventionality.
The Golden House
10
Of course, to a certain extent, conventionality is a useful, peaceful thing.
The Upton Letters
11
There is no absurd conventionality, tacking a spinster to a married woman.'
Heartsease; Or, The Brother's Wife
12
But the reality struck conventionality clean out of the realm of the possible.
The Necromancers
13
The traditional formality and conventionality of the English are traditions only.
Private Peat
14
You cannot have the security of conventionality along with the self-respect of sincerity.
The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
15
Our submergence in a sea of conventionality of almost impenetrable density.
The Book of the Damned
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She had expected him; there was not breathing-space for conventionality between these two.
The Spinners' Book of Fiction
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Translations for conventionality
Portuguese
convenção
Conventionality through the time
Conventionality across language varieties
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