Thesaurus / conventionalism
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synonyms for conventionalism
- method
- policy
- practice
- rite
- rule
- style
- system
- attitude
- canon
- ceremony
- character
- convention
- design
- dictates
- etiquette
- fashion
- form
- formality
- manner
- mode
- mold
- mores
- observance
- observation
- pattern
- performance
- praxis
- precedent
- precept
- routine
- taste
- type
- usage
- use
- vogue
- way
- customariness
- established way
- folkways
- inheritence
- matter of course
- second nature
- unwritten law
- unwritten rule
- decorum
- ceremoniousness
- correctness
- formalism
- honors
- mummery
- politesse
- propriety
- punctiliousness
- p's and q's
- accuracy
- austerity
- difficulty
- firmness
- hardship
- harshness
- ordeal
- precision
- rigidity
- tenacity
- tribulation
- vicissitude
- affliction
- asperity
- conscientiousness
- exactitude
- hardness
- inclemency
- inflexibility
- intolerance
- meticulousness
- obduracy
- preciseness
- privation
- punctiliousness
- roughness
- severity
- sternness
- stiffness
- stringency
- suffering
- thoroughness
- traditionalism
- trial
- visitation
antonyms for conventionalism
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- calm
- calmness
- ease
- happiness
- inaccuracy
- peace
- pleasure
- weakness
- health
- kindness
- elasticity
- flexibility
- leniency
- pliability
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How to use conventionalism in a sentence
This opens up the whole question of realism versus conventionalism in art—a subject much too large to be treated here.
SELECTIONS FROM PREVIOUS WORKSSAMUEL BUTLERThe old conventionalism has now altogether disappeared; there is an attempt to paint nature as she really is.
A POPULAR HANDBOOK TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY, VOLUME I, FOREIGN SCHOOLSVARIOUSThe rules of conventionalism have reared an adamantine partition wall between the two.
THE HINDOOS AS THEY ARESHIB CHUNDER BOSEIn the chapter on Industrial Exemption and Conservatism we are introduced to the reason of conventionalism and of its power.
APPLETONS' POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY, AUGUST 1899VARIOUSHis dislike of the effete conventionalism of the literary creed blended with his aversion to the political rule of the time.
THE ENGLISH UTILITARIANS, VOLUME II (OF 3)LESLIE STEPHENAlmost all field-workers are "weather wise," and their conversation on this head has no town conventionalism about it.
POACHERS AND POACHINGJOHN WATSONWe have had enough of mere imported conventionalism in manners.
HOW TO BEHAVE: A POCKET MANUAL OF REPUBLICAN ETIQUETTE, AND GUIDE TO CORRECT PERSONAL HABITSSAMUEL R WELLSThere was a time, it is said, when English and American literature seemed to be expiring of conventionalism.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 20, NO. 122, DECEMBER, 1867VARIOUSThe bonds of conventionalism were silently dissolving in the rising glow of his poetic nature.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 9, SLICE 3VARIOUSIt is often conventionalism, implying as little devotion in the person represented, as regular attendance at church does with us.
MODERN PAINTERS, VOLUME V (OF 5)JOHN RUSKINWORDS RELATED TO CONVENTIONALISM
- attitude
- canon
- ceremony
- character
- convention
- conventionalism
- customariness
- design
- dictates
- established way
- etiquette
- fashion
- folkways
- form
- formality
- inheritence
- manner
- matter of course
- method
- mode
- mold
- mores
- observance
- observation
- pattern
- performance
- policy
- practice
- praxis
- precedent
- precept
- rite
- routine
- rule
- second nature
- style
- system
- taste
- type
- unwritten law
- unwritten rule
- usage
- use
- vogue
- way
- accuracy
- affliction
- asperity
- austerity
- conscientiousness
- conventionalism
- difficulty
- exactitude
- firmness
- hardness
- hardship
- harshness
- inclemency
- inflexibility
- intolerance
- meticulousness
- obduracy
- ordeal
- preciseness
- precision
- privation
- punctiliousness
- rigidity
- roughness
- severity
- sternness
- stiffness
- stringency
- suffering
- tenacity
- thoroughness
- traditionalism
- trial
- tribulation
- vicissitude
- visitation
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.