conventionalism
nounEtymology From conventional + -ism.
1
Usually Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior.
2
Obsolete, Usually A conventional act or constraint.
- Having said this, you will not, I trust, suspect me of disliking you for throwing off conventionalisms and speaking to me as a man to a man.1864 March 15, Frederick Denison Maurice, “To ____”, in The Life Of Frederick Denison Maurice, volume 2, →ISBN, page 478:
3
Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Usually The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions.
- Skepticism arrives at conventionalism by way of the claims that the conditions on evidential support cannot be satisfied […] but that we must have beliefs in order to carry on.2026 October 2, (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 140, number 3, →DOI:
- Related terms
- conventionalist