conventionality
noun/kənˌvɛnʃəˈnælɪti/
Etymology From conventional + -ity.
1
The state of being conventional.
2
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:
- Derived terms
- nonconventionality, unconventionality
- Related terms
- overconventionality