Crossword-Solution: CONVENTIONALITY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Conventionality | n. | The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life. |
We have 11 clues for the answer “CONVENTIONALITY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Customary nature | 1 answer |
| Reluctance to stand out | 1 answer |
| Adherence to customary practices | 1 answer |
| conformity with conventional thought and behavior | 1 answer |
| orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional | 1 answer |
| unoriginality as a result of being too conventional | 1 answer |
| DONE thing | 26 answers |
| matter of course | 40 answers |
| CUSTOM ___ | 43 answers |
| Fashion | 93 answers |
| Form | 96 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERTAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CONVENTIONALITY (5)
But somehow, in the telling, the humor of the story seemed to evaporate, and he felt the conventionality of her smile.
The players were the same whom he had often applauded in those very parts, and perhaps that fact added to the impression of staleness and conventionality produced by their performance.
There was an entire absence of conventionality at our meetings, and this, compared with the somewhat stiff society of the village, was really an attraction.
All these reasons justify the view that the poems with which we now have to deal were later than the _Iliad_ and _Odyssey_, and if we must recognize the possibility of some conventionality in the received dating, we may feel confident that it is at least approximately just.
For him it was an essential part of Spain; and Spain meant much to him, because he had escaped to it from the conventionality which during his married life he had found so irksome.
Quotes with CONVENTIONALITY (3)
Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.
Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee, is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns. These things and deeds are diametrically opposed: they are as distinct as is vice from virtue. Men too often confound them: they should not be confounded: appearance should not be mistaken for truth; narrow human doctrines, that only tend to elate and magnify …
Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion... Appearance should not be mistaken for truth; narrow human doctrines that only tend to elate and magnify few, should not be substituted for the world-redeeming creed of Christ.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2001–2004).