— conventionalist , n. — conventionally , adv.
/keuhn ven"sheuh nl/ , adj.
1. conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
2. pertaining to convention or general agreement; established by general consent or accepted usage; arbitrarily determined: conventional symbols.
3. ordinary rather than different or original: conventional phraseology.
4. not using, making, or involving nuclear weapons or energy; nonnuclear: conventional warfare.
5. Art.
a. in accordance with an accepted manner, model, or tradition.
b. (of figurative art) represented in a generalized or simplified manner.
6. of or pertaining to a convention, agreement, or compact.
7. Law. resting on consent, express or implied.
8. of or pertaining to a convention or assembly.
[ 1575-85; conventionalis. See CONVENTION, -AL 1 ]
Syn. 1. See formal 1 . 2. usual, habitual, customary.