conventional

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kənˈvɛnʃənl/, X-SAMPA: /k@n"vEnS@nl/

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Adjective

conventional (comparative more conventional, superlative most conventional)

1. Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
2. ordinary, commonplace
   • 1980, Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,

     The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.

3. banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or cliche

Synonyms

• ("pertaining to a convention"): typical, canonical
• ("banal"): stereotypical

Antonyms

• ("pertaining to a convention"): atypical, out of the ordinary, unconventional
• ("ordinary"): imaginative

Derived terms

• conventionalism
• conventionalist
• conventionally
• conventional mortgage loan
• conventional war
• conventional warfare
• conventional weapon
• conventional weaponry
• conventional wisdom

Related terms

• convention

Translations

following an accepted principle

• Polish: konwencjonalny (pl) m, umowny (pl) m

• Spanish: convencional (es)

ordinary, commonplace

• Bulgarian: обикновен (bg) (obiknoven), традиционен (bg) (tradicionen), стандартен (bg) (standarten)
• French: conventionnel (fr)
• German: konventionell (de), herkömmlich (de)
• Irish: gnásúil (ga)
• Italian: convenzionale (it)

• Romanian: convențional (ro) m and n
• Romansch: convenziunal (rm)
• Slovene: konvencionálen (sl)
• Spanish: convencional (es)

Noun

conventional (plural conventionals)

1. (finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.