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conventional wisdoms

conventional wisdoms is the plural of conventional wisdom.

Meaning of conventional wisdom

Noun

conventional wisdom (usually uncountable, plural conventional wisdoms)

  1. (usually) A belief or set of beliefs that is widely accepted, especially one which may be questionable on close examination.
    • It will be convenient to have a name for the ideas which are esteemed at any time for their acceptability, and it should be a term that emphasizes this predictability. I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the conventional wisdom.1958, John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society
    Synonyms:
    received wisdom

Questions about conventional wisdoms

What is conventional wisdoms the plural of?
Conventional wisdoms is the plural of conventional wisdom.

Words near conventional wisdoms in the dictionary

  1. conventional wars
  2. conventional weapon
  3. conventional weaponry
  4. conventional weapons
  5. conventional wisdom
  6. conventional wisdoms
  7. conventionalisation
  8. conventionalisations
  9. conventionalise
  10. conventionalised
  11. conventionalises

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