social conventions

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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 in cutting and modernizing the language, Herzog does not make the mistake of trashing the social conventions that create the drama in the first place.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Camp offers a critical stance that derives from the experience of being labelled deviant, highlighting the artificiality of social conventions.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2022

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