conventionalism

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Noun
  • But its conventionality ended there.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Mckenna Grace has a vibrant conventionality.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Living under an openly misogynistic president may have felt freakish in 2017, but by his second term, bigotry became yet another disgusting norm.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2026
  • That not even Lincoln could end bigotry.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Conventionalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventionalism. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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