conventionality
noun /kənˌvenʃəˈnæləti/
/kənˌvenʃəˈnæləti/
- [uncountable, countable] (often disapproving) the fact of tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general; the fact of being normal and ordinary, and perhaps not very interesting
- They refused the conventionality of bourgeois life, and worked among artists and poets.
- the conventionalities of society
- [uncountable] the fact of following what is traditional or the way that something has been done for a long time
- a distinctive combination of conventionality and modernity