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conventionalism

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONVENTIONALISM

CONVENTIONALISM Con *ven "tion *al *ism, n.

1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage. All the artifice and conventionalism of life. Hawthorne. They gaze on all with dead, dim eyes, -- wrapped in conventionalisms,... simulating feelings according to a received standart. F. W. Robertson.

2. (Fine Arts )

Defn: The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t.