conventionality

Example Sentences

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But the Met’s desperation for conventionality — read accessibility — never quite recedes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

But when intellectuals refuse to render moral judgments, when they sink into safe conventionality, that in itself is a kind of judgment.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

The last thing her fans might have expected from a Britney Spears musical is dutiful conventionality.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

Or maybe it has more to do with Lana’s use of convention to smash conventionality.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2023

Being Goth wipes away any expectation of conventionality, so Molly finds she’s free to be weird in lots of ways at once.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline