conventionality
Following established norms
Conventionality is adherence to accepted standards, customs, or established practices.
The word often carries a slightly dismissive tone, suggesting conformity at the expense of originality or authenticity: The conventionality of suburban life bored her.
In the plural, conventionalities are the specific social forms and proprieties one is expected to observe: They dispensed with the usual conventionalities and got straight to business.
Adherence to norms
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
mores · standards · expectations · decency · correctness · formality · respectability · appropriateness
State of being identical
- samenessState of being identical
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- homogeneityState of sameness throughout
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
regularity · predictability · typicality · ordinariness · mainstream · commonplace · averageness · unremarkableness
Habitual group practice
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
legacy · rites · observance · practices · ancestral · lineage · lore · time-honored
Established body of teachings
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- creedStatement of belief
- tenetsFoundational beliefs of doctrine
conservatism · fundamentalism · puritanism · literalism · old-school · hidebound · rigid · unquestioning
Shared position between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
- unanimityComplete group agreement
- concurrenceState of agreeing
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
alignment · acceptance · approval · endorsement · ratification · assent · solidarity · unity
conformity
Adherence to norms
protocol · mores · standards · expectations · decency · correctness · formality · respectability · appropriateness · acceptability
uniformity
State of being identical
- samenessState of being identical
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- homogeneityState of sameness throughout
consistency · regularity · predictability · typicality · ordinariness · mainstream · commonplace · averageness · unremarkableness · banality
custom
Habitual group practice
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
folklore · legacy · rites · observance · practices · ancestral · lineage · lore · time-honored · handed-down
doctrine
Established body of teachings
tenets · conservatism · fundamentalism · puritanism · literalism · old-school · hidebound · rigid · unquestioning
agreement
Shared position between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
- unanimityComplete group agreement
- concurrenceState of agreeing
harmony · alignment · acceptance · approval · endorsement · ratification · assent · solidarity · unity
- dullnessboring, boredom, monotony, dullness, banality
- philistinismanti-intellectualism, boorishness, tastelessness, uncouthness
conventionalityunconventionality
Departure from accepted standards
nonconformity · nonconformism · unorthodoxy · deviance · rebellion
conventionalityoriginality
Novel creative quality
innovation · creativity · novelty · inventiveness · unorthodoxy
conventionalityinformality
Relaxed, unofficial tone
casualness · naturalness · relaxedness · spontaneity · ease
unconventionality, conventionalism, conventionalities, nonconventionality