All 8 Uses of
convention
in
In Cold Blood
- It was destined to be misunderstood, or taken too literally because your ideas are opposed to conventionalism.†
Chpt 2 *
- What could be more conventional than a housewife with three children, who is "dedicated" to her family?†
Chpt 2conventional = normal or typical
- What could be more unnatural than that she would resent an unconventional person.†
Chpt 2unconventional = not regarded as normalstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconventional means not and reverses the meaning of conventional. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- There is considerable hypocrisy in conventionalism.†
Chpt 2
- Any thinking person is aware of this paradox; but in dealing with conventional people it is advantageous to treat them as though they were not hypocrites.†
Chpt 2conventional = normal or typical
- It isn't a question of faithfulness to your own concepts; it is a matter of compromise so that you can remain an individual without the constant threat of conventional pressures.†
Chpt 2
- The house, like the others on the slanting hillside street, was a conventional suburban ranch house, pleasant and common place.†
Chpt 3
- Unlike conventional prisoners, the condemned are not subjected to a work routine; they can do with their time what they like-sleep all day, as Perry frequently did ("I pretend I'm a tiny little baby that can't keep its eyes open"); or, as was Andrews' habit, read all night.†
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(convention as in: teacher's convention) a large conference or meeting
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(2)
(convention as in: conventional behavior) something regarded as normal or typical
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(3)
(convention as in: The Geneva Convention) a written international agreement