Noun: conventionality kun,ven-shu'na-li-tee
- Conformity with conventional thought and behaviour
"Her conventionality in dress and manners made her blend in easily"
- Unoriginality as a result of being too conventional
"The conventionality of his paintings failed to impress art critics"
- Orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
"His conventionality in dress and manner made him blend in at the corporate event";
- convention, conventionalism
Derived forms: conventionalities
See also: conventional, unconventional
Type of: conformism, conformity, orthodoxy, unoriginality
Antonym: unconventionality
Encyclopedia: Conventionality