unwritten rule

method policy practice rite rule style system

attitude canon ceremony character convention conventionalism design dictates etiquette fashion form formality manner mode mold mores observance observation pattern performance praxis precedent precept routine taste type usage use way

customariness established way folkways inheritence matter of course second nature unwritten law

disorganization heedlessness neglect thoughtlessness

departure deviation difference divergence irregularity

attitude axiom belief concept creed dogma precept proposition regulation rule statement teaching tenet tradition

article basic canon convention conviction credenda declaration fundamental gospel implantation inculcation indoctrination instruction position pronouncement propaganda

article of faith universal law

ambiguity

disbelief heterodoxy skepticism unbelief

criterion

pragmatism