Convention meaning

noun

1. a large formal assembly

   “political convention”

2. something regarded as a normative example

   “the convention of not naming the main character”

   “violence is the rule not the exception”

   Synonymsnormalpatternruleformula

3. (diplomacy) an international agreement

4. orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

   Synonymsconventionalityconventionalism

5. the act of convening

   Synonymsconvening