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Convention Society Noun Behaving Considered Correct Polite People

word convention
definition
noun
A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society .
It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts.
Despite her wish to defy convention, she had become pregnant and married at 21.
In art, literature, or the theatre, a convention is a traditional method or style .
We go offstage and come back for the convention of the encore.
...the stylistic conventions of Egyptian art.
A convention is an official agreement between countries or groups of people.
...the U.N. convention on climate change.
...the Geneva convention.
A convention is a large meeting of an organization or political group.
...the annual convention of the Society of Professional Journalists.
...the Republican convention.
inflections conventions
cefr-level B2

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