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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
All conventional wisdom is out the window.
I'm sure my brother is going to be campaigning by my side, all that stuff is going to happen, but I got to win this, people, there are people who think it's a little odd for a third Bush to be president of the United States. The expectations on me are higher because of that, fine, you know who has higher expectations than the conventional wisdom? Me.
If you leave home for a while ... you question the conventional wisdom you've grown up with. That doesn't mean you have to change your opinions or who you are, but it's good to ask the questions.
Conventional wisdom has shifted.
We were alarmed by the growing conventional wisdom in our party that we should stop talking about Trump -- alarmed by that and what was happening to our country.
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