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Recent Examples of conventionality
This violence was societal rather than personal, for his parents were people of strict conventionality and religion.
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Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
One of the men, Helmut, is seemingly the epitome of conventionality; the other, Klaus, is outwardly hip.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
But the largest fault of the play may be its conventionality.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
The last thing her fans might have expected from a Britney Spears musical is dutiful conventionality.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 23 June 2023
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Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
One of the men, Helmut, is seemingly the epitome of conventionality; the other, Klaus, is outwardly hip.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
But the largest fault of the play may be its conventionality.
—Christian Lewis, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
The last thing her fans might have expected from a Britney Spears musical is dutiful conventionality.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 23 June 2023
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“Conventionality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventionality. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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