Definition of "conventionality"

conventionality

/kənˌvɛnʃəˈnælɪti/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural conventionalities
1. (uncountable) The state of being conventional.
2. (countable) Something conventional; a convention.
  Quotations
  Whither shall we flee from civilization, to take off the harness and be free, for a season, from the restraints, the conventionalities of society, and rest from the hard struggles, the cares and toils, the strifes and competitions of life?
  1857, S. H. Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes‎
  The Sugar Pine is as free from conventionalities of form and motion as any oak.
  1894, John Muir, The Mountains of California‎