See Also: Conventional(medicine)
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[only before noun] a conventional method, product, practice etc has been used for a long time and is considered the usual type
::Internet connections through conventional phone lines are fairly slow.
::Bake for 20 minutes in a conventional oven; 8 in a microwave.
always following the behaviour and attitudes that most people in a society consider to be normal, right, and socially acceptable, so that you seem slightly boring
::a strong believer in conventional morals
conventional in
::He is conventional in his approach to life.
(the) conventional wisdom
the opinion that most people consider to be normal and right, but that is sometimes shown to be wrong
::As traffic grew, the conventional wisdom was that roads should be widened to make room.
[only before noun] conventional weapons and wars do not use nuclear explosives or weapons
::conventional forces
conventional medicine
the usual form of medicine practised in most European and North American countries
-synonym western medicine western medicine
-- conventionally adv
-- conventionality /kEn7venFE5nAlZti/ n [U]