Convention
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Generally, convention means "coming together". The senses of physical meeting of people in one place, social norm, and formal agreement, are all derived from that sense.
The word may refer to:
- Convention (norm), a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted social norms, norms, standards or criteria
- Norm (sociology), a rule that is socially enforced
- Norm (philosophy), a sort of sentences or sentence meanings
- Conventionalism
- Convention (meeting), a large gathering of people who share a common interest
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Etymology
Recorded since c. 1440, borrowed from Middle French convention, from Latin conventiō (“meeting, assembling; agreement, convention”), from conveniō (“come, gather or meet together, assemble”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”).
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