convention
Unwritten social rule
Convention centers on agreement and gathering.
A convention is a large formal assembly—political parties hold conventions to nominate candidates, and industries hold conventions to network and exhibit: the annual comic book convention.
Convention also means an established practice or custom accepted by general consent: social conventions, the conventions of the genre.
What's conventional follows these norms; to flout convention is to defy them.
In contracts, a convention is a formal agreement between parties, especially nations.
Organized meeting for discussion
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- expoLarge public display event
- trade showIndustry product exhibition
forum · assembly · convocation · seminar · workshop · colloquium · panel · roundtable
Binding pact between nations
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
- compactTightly packed together
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
charter · understanding · settlement · arrangement · ratification · signatory · Geneva · Hague
Habitual group practice
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- standardLevel of quality accepted
rule · expectation · conformity · decorum · protocol · unwritten · social · breach
Party selection meeting
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- primaryChief in importance
- nominationFormal candidate selection
platform · ballot · floor · candidate · party · Republican · Democratic · brokered
Recurring narrative device
- genreCategory of creative work
- clichéOverused, unoriginal expression
- formulaFixed method or notation
- deviceConstructed tool or machine
motif · narrative · stylistic · cinematic · literary · theatrical · breaking · subverting
Inherited cultural legacy
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- legacyWhat's passed down
- cultureCollective social practices
lore · time-honored · venerable · historical · continuity · precedent · longstanding · ancestral
conference
Organized meeting for discussion
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- expoLarge public display event
trade show · forum · assembly · convocation · seminar · workshop · colloquium · panel · roundtable · plenary
treaty
Binding pact between nations
protocol · charter · understanding · settlement · arrangement · ratification · signatory · Geneva · Hague · bilateral
custom
Habitual group practice
standard · rule · expectation · conformity · decorum · protocol · unwritten · social · breach · formality
caucus
Party selection meeting
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- primaryChief in importance
nomination · platform · ballot · floor · candidate · party · Republican · Democratic · brokered · national
trope
Recurring narrative device
device · motif · narrative · stylistic · cinematic · literary · theatrical · breaking · subverting · defying
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
culture · lore · time-honored · venerable · historical · continuity · precedent · longstanding · ancestral · ceremonial
- corporate eventscorporate event, corporate retreat, conference, trade show, company picnic
- Industry Eventsaward show, awards show, film festival, premiere, red carpet
- normsnorm, norms, standard, social norms, rule
- public gatheringspublic assembly, mass gathering, concert, gathering, festival
- ruleslaw, rule, guideline, bylaw, standard
- standardsstandard, standards, norm, norms, criterion
conventionunconventionality
Departure from accepted standards
nonconformity · eccentricity · deviation · oddity · strangeness
conventiondispersal
Spreading in many directions
dissolution · disbandment · scattering · dispersion · adjournment
conventiondisagreement
Absence of shared opinion
discord · conflict · dispute · breach · repudiation
- convention centreFacility hosting large gatherings
- national conventionsGatherings to nominate candidates
- conventional wisdomGenerally accepted beliefs
- convention centerFacility for large gatherings
- spelling conventionsRules for writing words correctly
- convention floor
conventional, conventions, unconventional, conventionally, conventionality, conventionalism, unconventionally, nonconventional, conventioneers