Both Uses of
convention
in
Childhood's End
- George could understand the way in which, if seen from a distance by ignorant, terrified savages, the Overlords could be mistaken for winged men, and so could have given rise, to the conventional portrait of the Devil.†
Chpt 7
- But Jan would have to be cautious, for the request he was going to make was, to say the least of it, somewhat unconventional.†
Chpt 11 *
Definition:
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(convention as in: conventional behavior) something regarded as normal or typical