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

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Charles de Gaulle