conventionality

Etymology

conventional + -ity

noun

  1. (uncountable) The state of being conventional.
  2. (countable) Something conventional; a convention.
    Whither shall we flee from civilization, to take off the harness and be free, for a season, from the restraints, the conventionalities of society, and rest from the hard struggles, the cares and toils, the strifes and competitions of life? 1857, S. H. Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes
    The Sugar Pine is as free from conventionalities of form and motion as any oak. 1894, John Muir, The Mountains of California

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