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conventional
adjective /kənˈven.ʃən.əl/Definition
B2 traditional and ordinary: conventional behaviour/attitudes/clothes conventional medicine/farming a conventional weddingdisapproving I find his art rather dull and conventional. → Opposite unconventionalCustom, tradition and conformity › describes weapons that are not nuclear, or methods of fighting a war that do not involve nuclear weapons: conventional weapons/bombsArms and munitions in general conventionality
/kənˌven.ʃənˈæl.ɪ.ti/
/-ə.t̬i/ noun [U] Custom, tradition and conformity conventionally
/-i/ adverb Custom, tradition and conformity
/-ə.t̬i/ noun [U] Custom, tradition and conformity conventionally
/-i/ adverb Custom, tradition and conformity (Definition of conventional adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- backward-looking adjective
- backwards adverb
- be (like) sheep idiom
- blend into the scenery idiom
- classical adjective (TRADITIONAL)
- convention noun (CUSTOM)
- folk adjective
- folk memory noun
- folklore noun
- follow the crowd idiom
- go/swim against the tide idiom
- mainstream noun
- multiculturalism noun
- nonconformist noun
- norm noun
- observe verb (OBEY)
- orthodoxy noun
- reactionary noun
- take your cue from sth/sb idiom
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