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| Main Entry: |
custom
 [kuhs-tuhm] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual action |
| Synonyms: | addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, habitude, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot, swim, thing, trick, usage, use, way, wont |
| Notes: | costume and custom were actually two forms of the same Latin root consuetudinem 'habit, custom,' with costume first meaning 'manners and customs belonging to a particular time and place' |
| Antonyms: | departure, deviation, difference, divergence, irregularity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | ceremony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual; celebratory observation |
| Synonyms: | ceremonial, commemoration, custom, formality, function, liturgy, observance, ordinance, parade, rite, sacrament, service, show, solemnity, tradition |
Example Sentences
- Income taxes are more efficient than customs duties, but require a bigger initial bureaucracy.
- Customs duties have fallen as trade barriers have been reduced.
- Disrespect would be to allow the sites to be destroyed, to stand against the customs and wishes of the local culture.
| Main Entry: | civilization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | society |
| Synonyms: | civilized life, community, customs, literate society, modern humanity, mores, nation, people, polity, way of life |
| Main Entry: | code |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law, rule |
| Synonyms: | canon, charter, codex, constitution, convention, custom, digest, discipline, ethics, etiquette, manners, maxim, method, regulation, system |
| Main Entry: | commemoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honoring, observance |
| Synonyms: | celebration, ceremony, custom, memorial service, monumentalization, recognition, remembrance, tribute |
| Antonyms: | forgetting, neglect, negligence, unobservance |
| Main Entry: | constitution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | establishment |
| Synonyms: | charter, code, composition, custom, formation, lawmaking, legislation, organization, written law |
| Main Entry: | convention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practice, tradition |
| Synonyms: | canon, code, covenance, custom, etiquette, fashion, form, formality, habit, law, percept, precept, propriety, rule, understanding, usage |
| Antonyms: | strangeness |
| Main Entry: | culture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ideas, values of a people |
| Synonyms: | arts and sciences, civilization, convention, customs, development, ethnology, folklore, folkways, grounding, habit, humanism, knowledge, lifestyle, mores, society, the arts, way of life |
| Notes: | culture is acquired by study and application; cultivation is developed by training and exposure |
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