conventionality

Example Sentences

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But when intellectuals refuse to render moral judgments, when they sink into safe conventionality, that in itself is a kind of judgment.

From Salon

Jonathan Richman’s band displays a “willful lack” of commercial instinct, the Heads assert a “willful conventionality” to their stage appearance, Johnny Ramone is a “willfully obnoxious” guitarist and so on.

From Los Angeles Times

The cast is strong enough to sell us on the movie’s idea of love, even when it bends conventionality into a balloon animal.

From Los Angeles Times

The last thing her fans might have expected from a Britney Spears musical is dutiful conventionality.

From New York Times

Or maybe it has more to do with Lana’s use of convention to smash conventionality.

From Washington Post