Associations to the word «Conventionalism»

Wiktionary

CONVENTIONALISM, noun. (uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior
CONVENTIONALISM, noun. (countable) (obsolete) A conventional act or constraint
CONVENTIONALISM, noun. (uncountable) (philosophy) The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions

Dictionary definition

CONVENTIONALISM, noun. Orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche