01 n. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.
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That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.“All the artifice and conventionalism of life.” — Hawthorne.“They gaze on all with dead, dim eyes, -- wrapped in conventionalisms, . . . simulating feelings according to a received standard.” — F. W. Robertson.
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The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t.(Fine Arts) See: Conventionalize