Conventionalism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Conventionalism is a noun meaning (uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior.
Meaning
(uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior.
More Meanings
- (countable, obsolete) A conventional act or constraint.
- (uncountable, philosophy) The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- conventionalisms
Synonyms for conventionalism
Depending on context, synonyms include convention, conventionality.
Antonyms for conventionalism
Common opposites include unconventionality.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include conventionality, convention, culture, conformity, anticonventionalism, orthodoxy.
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