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
"Even traditional events should be changed to suit modern ethics and social conventions," she says.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 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
