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conventional
adjective(con-ven-tion-al)
represented in simplified or symbolic form
Synonyms: formal, schematic,
conventional
adjective(con-ven-tion-al)
rigidly formal or bound by convention
Synonyms: ceremonious,
conventional
adjective(con-ven-tion-al)
conforming with accepted standards
Synonyms: established,
Examples:
A conventional view of the world.
conventional
adjective(con-ven-tion-al)
following accepted customs and proprieties
Antonyms: unconventional,
Examples:
Conventional wisdom.
She had strayed from the path of conventional behavior.
Conventional forms of address.
conventional
adjective(con-ven-tion-al)
in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past
Examples:
A conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white.
The conventional handshake.
conventional
adjective(con-ven-tion-al)
unimaginative and conformist
Antonyms: unconventional,
Examples:
Conventional bourgeois lives.
Conventional attitudes.
conventional
(con-ven-tion-al)
(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
Antonyms: nuclear,
Examples:
Conventional warfare.
Conventional weapons.

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