Conventionalism

n.	1.	That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage. All the artifice and conventionalism of life. - Hawthorne. They gaze on all with dead, dim eyes, - wrapped in conventionalisms, . . . simulating feelings according to a received standard. - F. W. Robertson.
	2.	(Fine Arts) The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t.

Noun

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conventionalism - orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional Synonyms: conventionality, convention

conformity, convention, conventional, conventionality, orthodoxy, ossification, unconventional