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A tendency to observe usage, custom, or practice generally agreed on and followed especially in social usage or moral matters

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Usage examples (39)
  • Reichenbach writes that: “The solution to the problem of space is ¦ found only in this conception we call conventionalism ¦ which goes back to Helmholtz and Poincaré.”
  • Besides the intrinsic structure, the rhythm and what is known as the conventionalism of this style adapt themselves but ill to the requirements of true liturgical music. "
  • Indeed, material dependence is a rather weak kind of conventionalism and could even be made compatible with some versions of realism (cf. Hacking
  • There is no imagination in them nor conventionalism.
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