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
Prescriptive and conventional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prescriptive" instead an adjective "Conventional".
Prescriptive
Prescriptive adjective - Based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation.
Usage example: even in this age of e-mail the prescriptive response to a wedding gift is a handwritten thank-you note
Conventional and prescriptive are semantically related. You can use "Conventional" instead an adjective "Prescriptive".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- familiar and conventional
- familiar and prescriptive
- normal and conventional
- normal and prescriptive
- usual and conventional
- usual and prescriptive
- common and conventional
- common and prescriptive
- customary and conventional
- customary and prescriptive
- habitual and conventional
- habitual and prescriptive
- accustomed and conventional
- accustomed and prescriptive
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