[1145] conventional

[보카길라잡이]

adj.

1. Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary: conventional symbols; a conventional form of address.
2. Conforming to established practice or accepted standards; traditional: a conventional church wedding.
3. 1. Devoted to or bound by conventions to the point of artificiality; ceremonious.
   2. Unimaginative; conformist: longed to escape from their conventional, bourgeois lives.
4. Represented, as in a work of art, in simplified or abstract form.
5. Law. Based on consent or agreement; contractual.
6. Of, relating to, or resembling an assembly.
7. Using means other than nuclear weapons or energy: conventional warfare; conventional power plants.

conventional

adj 1: following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address" [ant: unconventional]

2: conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world" [syn: established]

3: (weapons) using non-nuclear energy for propulsion or destruction; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons" [ant: nuclear]

4: unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes" [ant: unconventional]

5: represented in simplified or symbolic form [syn: formal, schematic]

6: in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake"

7: rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt" [syn: ceremonious]

cf. convention

n 1: a large formal assembly; "political convention"

2: something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors" [syn: normal, pattern, rule, formula]

3: (diplomacy) an international agreement

4: orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional [syn: conventionality, conventionalism] [ant: unconventionality]

5: the act of convening [syn: convening]

cf. convent

n 1: a religious residence especially for nuns

2: a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together

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traditional

adj 1: consisting of or derived from tradition; "traditional history"; "traditional morality" [ant: nontraditional] 2: pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines; "the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished"

customary

adj 1: in accordance with convention or custom; "sealed the deal with the customary handshake"

2: commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" [syn: accustomed, habitual, wonted(a)]

[마스터현태]

conventional 1.관습적인, 인습에 사로잡힌 2. 틀에박힌 형식적인.