conventional

con·ven·tion·al

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adjective

Conventional is defined as someone or something widely accepted, or something related to a convention.

An example of conventional is a bride wearing white on her wedding day.
An example of conventional is the use of pesticides when growing fruits and vegetables.
An example of conventional is a timeline agreed to by an audio visual provider who is providing sound during a convention; a conventional timeline.

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conventional

having to do with a convention or assembly
of, sanctioned by, or growing out of custom or usage; customary
1. depending on or conforming to formal or accepted standards or rules rather than nature; not natural, original, or spontaneous: conventional behavior
2. not unusual or extreme; ordinary
stylized; conventionalized
nonnuclear: conventional weapons
Law based on an agreement between parties; contractual

Origin of conventional

Late Latin conventionalis

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conventional

adjective

Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary: conventional symbols; a conventional form of address.
Conforming to established practice or accepted standards; traditional: a conventional church wedding.
a. Devoted to or bound by conventions to the point of artificiality; ceremonious.
b. Unimaginative; conformist: longed to escape from their conventional, bourgeois lives.
Represented, as in a work of art, in simplified or abstract form.
Law Based on consent or agreement; contractual.
Of, relating to, or resembling an assembly.
Using means other than nuclear weapons or energy: conventional warfare; conventional power plants.

Related Forms:

con·ven′tion·al·ism
noun

con·ven′tion·al·ist
noun

con·ven′tion·al·ly
adverb

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Adjective

(comparative more conventional, superlative most conventional)

Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
Ordinary, commonplace.
They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.
Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.

Related terms

convention

Noun

(plural conventionals)

(finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

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