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con·ven·tion·al wis·dom
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conventional wisdomnoun
A belief or set of beliefs that is widely accepted, especially one which may be questionable on close examination.
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Conventional wisdom
The conventional wisdom or received opinion is the body of ideas or explanations generally accepted by the public and/or by experts in a field. In religion, this is known as orthodoxy.
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Conventional wisdom
Conventional wisdom is the body of ideas or explanations generally accepted as true by the public or by experts in a field. Such ideas or explanations, though widely held, are unexamined. Unqualified societal discourse preserves the status quo.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of conventional wisdom in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of conventional wisdom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of conventional wisdom in a Sentence
It's both astonishing and understandable, the understandable part is, too many journalists are too enthralled with conventional wisdom and establishment thinking. They just repeat things without any notion of what's happening on the ground.
All the conventional wisdom and research suggests that (Trump) is in very big trouble, but that same research also said he was in a bad position before the 2016 election.
The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.
Conventional wisdom says take the closest exit, but that doesn't always work at concerts because that's where the crush is. You want to know where all exits are because exits farther away may be better. You don't want to follow the crowd surge going one route.
Conventional wisdom says it just can't be done because it hasn't, the end result, contrary to conventional wisdom, is a pickup truck that handles like a sports car.
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