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conventionalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
con-ven-tion-al-ism
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior.

Uncountable

noun

A conventional act or constraint.

Countable; Obsolete

noun

The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English conventional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English conventionalism From conventional + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

conventionalisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

conventionalist

Synonyms

conventionality convention

Questions

What does conventionalism mean?
Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior.
Where does conventionalism come from?
Etymology tree English conventional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English conventionalism From conventional + -ism.

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