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1. (adj.) conventional
conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste.
2. conventional
pertaining to or established by general consent or accepted usage:
conventional symbols.
3. conventional
ordinary rather than different or original.
4. conventional
not using nuclear weapons or energy:
conventional weapons; conventional warfare.
5. conventional
in accordance with an accepted manner, model, or tradition in art.
6. conventional
of or pertaining to a compact or convention.
7. conventional
of or pertaining to a convention or assembly.
Etymology: (1575–85; < LL)
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1. (adj) conventional
following accepted customs and proprieties
"conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
2. (adj) conventional, established
conforming with accepted standards
"a conventional view of the world"
3. (adj) conventional
(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
"conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"
4. (adj) conventional
unimaginative and conformist
"conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
5. (adj) conventional, formal, schematic
represented in simplified or symbolic form
6. (adj) conventional
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"
7. (adj) ceremonious, conventional
rigidly formal or bound by convention
"their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
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1. (adjective) conventional
≠ unconventional
conventional teaching methods; a conventional marriage
2. conventional
conventional wisdom
what most people think or believe
3. conventional
(of person) preferring traditional ways
a strict conventional man
4. conventional
(of weapons) of the standard type, not nuclear or chemical
conventional weapons
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) conventional
formed by agreement or compact; stipulated
2. (adj) conventional
growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal
3. (adj) conventional
based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules
4. (adj) conventional
abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t
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Sense: (negative unconventional ) according to the accepted standards etc; not outrageous or eccentric
conventional dress; the more conventional forms of art.
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 Afrikaans: konvensioneel |
 Arabic: تَقْليدي |
 Bulgarian: общоприет |
 Brazilian: convencional |
 Czech: konvenční |
 German: herkömmlich |
 Danish: konventionel; traditionel |
 Greek: συμβατικός, τυπικός |
 Spanish: convencional |
 Estonian: kombekohane |
 Farsi: معمول؛ قراردادی |
 Finnish: sovinnainen |
 French: conventionnel |
 Hebrew: מְקוּבָּל |
 Hindi: परम्परागत |
 Croatian: uobičajen, prihvaćen |
 Hungarian: hagyományos |
 Indonesian: konvensional |
 Icelandic: viðtekinn, venjulegur |
 Italian: convenzionale |
 Japanese: 型にはまった |
 Korean: 재래적인 |
 Lithuanian: visuotinai priimtas,įpras |
 Latvian: konvencionāls; vispārpieņ |
 Malay: konvensional |
 Dutch: conventioneel |
 Norwegian: konvensjonell, vanlig, i |
 Polish: zwyczajowy, stereotypowy |
 Persian: معمول؛ قراردادی |
 Pashto: له عمومى دوداو دستور سره |
 Portuguese: convencional |
 Romanian: convenţional |
 Russian: традиционный |
 Slovak: konvenčný |
 Slovenian: običajen, standarden |
 Serbian: konvencionalan |
 Swedish: konventionell, sedvanlig, |
 Thai: เกี่ยวกับธรรมเนียมปฏิบัติ |
 Turkish: geleneksel, alışılagelmiş |
 Taiwanese: 依照慣例的，傳統的 |
 Ukrainian: звичайний, загальноприйня |
 Urdu: رسمى، رواجى |
 Vietnamese: thường |
 Chinese: 依照惯例的，约定俗成的，依照传统的，常规的 |
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