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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: conformity with conventional thought and behavior
2: unoriginality as a result of being too conventional [ant: unconventionality]
3: orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional [syn: conventionality, convention, conventionalism] [ant: unconventionality]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Date: circa 1834 1. a conventional usage, practice, or thing 2. the quality or state of being conventional; especially adherence to conventions

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Conventionality Con*ven`tion*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Conventionalities. The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life.