Conventionalities

/kənˌvɛnʃəˈnælɪtiz/ noun

Definition

Plural of conventionality; established customs, conventions, and social standards; the quality of being conventional.

Etymology

From 'conventionality' + plural '-ies.' The root 'convention' comes from Latin 'conventio' (coming together, agreement).

Kelly Says

The Victorian era was obsessed with conventionalities—rules about what ladies could say, wear, and do—and the modernist artists who rejected them became legends.

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