单词 | conventionality |
释义 | conventionalityn. 1. The quality or state of being conventional; conventional character or style; obedience to mere convention (in conduct or art). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > a convention > quality of being conventional conventionality1842 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > convention > quality of conventionality1842 1842 G. S. Faber Provinc. Lett. (1844) II. 341 Its plain sense in the familiar conventionality of language. 1846 E. A. Poe A. C. Mowatt in Wks. (1864) III. 43 The hack conventionality of the stage. 1868 F. W. Farrar Seekers after God iii. i. 269 The conventionality of modern life. 2. a. A conventional thing or practice. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > a convention > a conventional thing, practice, or way of life conventionalism1833 conventionalitya1834 strait and narrow1953 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > convention > a convention convention1791 convenances1831 conventionalism1833 conventionalitya1834 a1834 C. Lamb Let. to Coleridge (L.) It is strong and sturdy writing; and breaks up a whole legion of conventionalities. 1881 W. Collins Black Robe I. 9 He hated those trivial conventionalities of society in which other people delight. b. the conventionalities: all that is conventionally regarded by society as fit and proper. (Cf. the proprieties at propriety n. 7b.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > an) act(s) or requirement(s) of decorum1603 convenientsa1657 decencies1667 the proprieties1767 respectabilities1809 the conventionalities1854 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters xviii. 393 A man who sacrificed scarce anything to the conventionalities. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Sept. 3/2 Dwellers in great capitals are abject slaves of the conventionalities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.a1834 |
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