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   conventional

   /kənˈvɛnʃən(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed: "a conventional morality had dictated behaviour" Similar normalstandardregularordinaryusualtraditionaltypicalcommoncommon or gardengarden varietyrun-of-the-millprosaicpedestriancommonplaceunimaginativeuninspireduninspiringunadventurousunremarkableunexceptionalunoriginalderivativeformulaicpredictablestockhackneyedclichédstereotypicalstereotypedtriteplatitudinousinformal:old hatplain vanillabog-standardhackyrare:formalisticOpposite original
   • ▪ (of a person) greatly or overly concerned with what is generally held to be socially acceptable: "you're a bit too well-brought-up, a bit too conventional"
   • ▪ (of a work of art or literature) following traditional forms and genres: "conventional love poetry" Similar orthodoxtraditionalestablishedacceptedreceivedmainstreamprevailingprevalentaccustomedcustomaryconservativetraditionaltraditionalistconformistbourgeoisold-fashionedof the old schoolformalcorrectproperdecorousstaidsmall-townsuburbanparochialnarrow-mindedbien pensantcomme il fauthistorical:Biedermeierinformal:straightsquarestrait-lacedstodgystuffystick-in-the-mudfuddy-duddyOpposite unorthodoxunconventionalradicalbohemian
   • ▪ (of weapons or power) non-nuclear: "agreement on reducing conventional forces in Europe"
   • 2. (of a bid) intended to convey a particular meaning according to an agreed convention: "West made a conventional bid showing a hand with at least 5 spades"

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘relating to a formal agreement or convention’): from French conventionnel or late Latin conventionalis, from Latin conventio(n-) ‘meeting, covenant’, from the verb convenire (see convene).

   Derivatives

   • 1. conventionalism noun
   • 2. conventionalist noun
   • 3. conventionality noun

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   What does conventional mean?

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   • Definition of conventional adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (often disapproving) tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general; normal and ordinary, and perhaps not very interesting She's very conventional in her views.

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   • Conventional people are traditional and not willing to try new ideas. (Definition of conventional from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) 傳統的, 常規的, 普通的… 传统的, 常规的, 普通的… convencional, convencional [masculine-feminine], tradicional [masculine-feminine]… convencional, conencional, convencional [masculine-feminine]…

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   adjective. in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past. “a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white” “the conventional handshake”

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