Conventional and Original

Conventional

Conventional adjective - Based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation.
Usage example: tried to break from the conventional attitudes regarding the proper roles for men and women

Original is an antonym for conventional in topics: common, unoriginal.

Original

Original adjective - Not known or experienced before.
Usage example: separate categories for original and adapted screenplays

Conventional is an antonym for original in new topic.

Both words in one sentence

  • This makes her support the original Kira, Light Yagami, who punished her parents' killer after he escaped conventional justice.
  • The original Manhunt deconstructs and satirizes the conventional relationship between player and player character in violent video games.
  • Video Game / Shadow Hearts aka: Shadow Hearts Covenant Badass Normal: Margarete from the original game is the only playable character in the entire series to have no magical abilities whatsoever, all she has is conventional weapons.
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