CONVENTIONALITY Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

conventionality

noun

Definition of conventionality

as in conventionalism

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as in status quo

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Recent Examples of conventionality The conventionality that Gunn resorts to includes a subplot with the Green Lantern League, a jokey crew of XYZ-men knock-offs. — Armond White, National Review, 11 July 2025 Even in flirting with conventionality, Rahmani comes out on top. — Porochista Khakpour, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2025 Despite all the pastor’s conventionality and sanctimony, there are flames between them, but those flickers run fairly cool until a breaking point in which Manders at last makes explicit reference to them. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025 Try to reach working-class voters by railing against corporate power, or dominate the suburban vote as the party of conventionality? — Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conventionality

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Noun

But any agreement that specifies which uses of AI are taboo would be better than a status quo that prohibits none.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Looking to challenge status quo of the music industry, Wu-Tang looked to make the album a one-of-one piece of fine art, rather than selling the album commercially.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of status quo

Noun

Weiss has her own particular vision of American and international normality.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
The crimson hue that may have been visible at the height of the eclipse will gradually fade as the crescent of the lunar disk exposed to direct sunlight grows, and normality reasserts itself over the natural satellite.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of normality

Noun

Maintaining a sense of normalcy and a human connection with her constituents has become increasingly difficult as opponents have dialed up their ire—most recently, flocking to Collins’s Maine office to loudly protest July’s ICE shooting.

— Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 26 Oct. 2026
Banda’s first impulse was to maintain normalcy, stability, for the children.

— Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of normalcy

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