social conventions
Example Sentences
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She's got this brain that learns very quick and it's not conditioned by social conventions.
From Salon • Dec. 12, 2023
The film is the latest in a naturally evolving project for Krieps of playing women throughout history who reject the social conventions of their times.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023
We assessed how sensitive children were to social conventions about how they should behave.
From Scientific American • Jul. 14, 2023
But when you strip away the social conventions from which a show’s crisis develops — prudery, repression, outerwear, what have you — you leave the action unmotivated and unmoored.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023
In theory—that is, as a simple physical possibility—an animal could pick up and go, flaunting all the social conventions and boundaries proper to its species.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
