social convention

collocation in English

meaningsofsocialandconvention

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social
adjective
uk
/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/us
/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ...
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convention
noun
uk
/kənˈven.ʃən/us
/kənˈven.ʃən/
a large formal meeting of people who do a particular job or have a similar interest, or a large meeting for a ...
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(Definition ofsocialandconventionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsocial convention

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Many joined for reasons ofsocialconvention: it was the polite and respectable thing to do.
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He is currently working both theoretically and empirically on the notion ofsocialconvention.
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This can lead to a kind of ethical relativism where ethical views are thought to be nothing more thansocialconventionor personal opinion.
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Both instinct and passion undermined thesocialconvention, the life of the salon, which he despised.
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It does not represent a natural division of the lunar month, but is rather asocialconventionfor the structuring of time.
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However, in both these cases,socialconventionand habits are likely to be obstacles to change.
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Both have the daring to defy deeply ingrainedsocialconvention, overcome hesitation and plunge into their relationship.
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Part of what makes a message a 'socialconvention' is the fact that it is a fixed way of conveying a particular (phatic) message.
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It issocialconventionthat gives various words, gestures, or acts an insulting meaning.
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And if it is asocialconvention, what kind of convention is it?
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The medical profession tends to be guided by thesocialconventionthat overtreatment is forgivable in the young and undertreatment is forgivable in the elderly.
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Thesocialconventionthat disregards individuality not only shatters one's psychological integrity but also obnoxiously disparages autonomy, choice, and dignity.
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The manners prescribed bysocialconventionfor interaction with others were generally observed by the residents.
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We are frequently confronted with what constitutes a contradictory consciousness because what we feel may be at odds withsocialconventionand what political discourses are guiding us towards.
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It is perilously easy to ' forget ' what is of ultimate value, significance, and worth and to substitute what is transient, momentary, merely a matter ofsocialconventionand propriety.
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Moreover, it would freeze the language in a particular form in space, time andsocialconvention, neglecting the world diversity of its dialects and the whole of its future evolution.
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The use of hotels, restaurants and shops is not governed by any general law but bysocialconvention.
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That is ordinarily regarded as asocialconvention.
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I should have thought thatsocialconventionshould condemn a man who is drunk in charge.
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Apart from that example, however, courtesy titles are entirely a matter ofsocialconvention.
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