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CONVENTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of convening
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("convention" is a kind of...):
assemblage; assembly; gathering (the social act of assembling)
Derivation:
convene (call together)
convene (meet formally)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
Synonyms:
convention; conventionalism; conventionality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("convention" is a kind of...):
orthodoxy (the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion))
Attribute:
conventional (following accepted customs and proprieties)
unconventional (not conforming to accepted rules or standards)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "convention"):
conformity; ossification (hardened conventionality)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Something regarded as a normative example
Example:
his formula for impressing visitors
Synonyms:
convention; formula; normal; pattern; rule
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("convention" is a kind of...):
practice (knowledge of how something is usually done)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "convention"):
mores ((sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group)
code of behavior; code of conduct (a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group)
universal (a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(diplomacy) an international agreement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("convention" is a kind of...):
accord; pact; treaty (a written agreement between two states or sovereigns)
Domain category:
diplomacy; diplomatic negotiations (negotiation between nations)
Instance hyponyms:
Chemical Weapons Convention (a global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons)
Geneva Convention (an agreement first drawn up in Geneva in 1864 and later revised concerning the treatment of captured and wounded military personnel and civilians in wartime)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A large formal assembly
Example:
political convention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("convention" is a kind of...):
group meeting; meeting (a formally arranged gathering)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "convention"):
Constitutional Convention (the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787)
Derivation:
conventioneer (someone who attends a convention)
Context examples:
But even the conventions must be real.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"All the arts have their conventions."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
They had been young when love was young, and they were wiser than convention and opinion and all the new-born things.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Every form of art has its limitations. (She was busy recalling a lecture she had heard at the university on the conventions of the arts.)
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
She had redeemed herself for all that she had lacked, rising up at last, true woman, superior to the iron rule of bourgeois convention.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
His romance and adventure were battering at the conventions.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
