conventionality
Syllables: con·ven·tion·al·i·ty/kənˌvɛnʃəˈnælɪti/
conventionality noun: the state of being conventional.
Noun
conventionality (countable and uncountable, plural conventionalities)
- The state of being conventional.
- Something conventional; a convention.
- Whither shall we flee from civilization, to take off the harness and be free, for a season, from the restraints, the conventionalities of society, and rest from the hard struggles, the cares and toils, the strifes and competitions of life?1857, S. H. Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes
- The Sugar Pine is as free from conventionalities of form and motion as any oak.1894, John Muir, The Mountains of California
Forms of conventionality
| plural | conventionalities |
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Origin of conventionality
From conventional + -ity.
Words formed from conventionality
Words that rhyme with conventionality
- modality
- plurality
- locality
- personality
- reality
- fatality
- morality
- bestiality
- potentiality
- sexuality
- duality
- formality
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- instrumentality
- irrationality
- tonality
- asexuality
- banality
- brutality
- centrality
- externality
- generality
- hospitality
- normality
- totality
- causality
- confidentiality
- cordiality
- dimensionality
- eventuality
- extraterritoriality
- fantasticality
- homosexuality
- immorality
- legality
- lethality
- mentality
- notionality
- sensuality
- surreality
- temporality
- androsexuality
- chirality
- congeniality
- dentality
- diapersexuality
- finality
- fursonality
- geniality
- grammaticality
- graysexuality
- gynesexuality
- gynosexuality
- institutionality
- joviality
- magnality
- mysticality
- omnipotentiality
- speciality
- sphericality
- topicality
Questions about conventionality
- What does conventionality mean?
- Conventionality means the state of being conventional.
- What part of speech is conventionality?
- Conventionality is a noun.
- How do you pronounce conventionality?
- Conventionality is pronounced /kənˌvɛnʃəˈnælɪti/.
- What is the plural of conventionality?
- The plural of conventionality is conventionalities.
Words near conventionality in the dictionary
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