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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn