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单词 conventionalism
释义 con·ven·tion·al·ism
\kənˈvenchənəlˌizəm, -chnəˌli-\ noun
(-s)
1. : observance of or tendency to observe conventions
 < such social compulsives as fear of ridicule, desire for public esteem, prestige, social habits — all that J. S. Mill included in “the authority of Conventionalism” — Jerome Frank >
2. : a conventional practice, usage, or principle
 < he thanked his soldiers after a victory, but he did not order Te Deums to be sung for it; and in the absence of these conventionalisms he perhaps showed more real reverence — J.A.Froude >
3. : a theory that regards the principles of logic, mathematics, or science as conventions (sense 1e) or as true by convention
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