Word Meanings - CONVENTIONALIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. One who adheres to a convention or treaty. 2. One who is governed by conventionalism.
Related words: (words related to CONVENTIONALIST)
- CONVENTIONALLY
In a conventional manner. - CONVENTIONAL
1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. Sir M. Hale. 2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by - CONVENTIONALISM
The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t. (more info) 1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage. - GOVERNORSHIP
The office of a governor. - CONVENTIONIST
One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract. - GOVERNABLENESS
The quality of being governable; manageableness. - GOVERNANCE
Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement. Chaucer. J. H. Newman. - CONVENTIONALITY
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. - GOVERNMENTAL
Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties. - GOVERNMENT
The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. (more info) 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, - GOVERNING
Requiring a particular case. (more info) 1. Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state. Jay. - GOVERNANTE
A governess. Sir W. Scott. - CONVENTIONALIST
1. One who adheres to a convention or treaty. 2. One who is governed by conventionalism. - CONVENTIONALIZATION
The act of making conventional. The state of being conventional. - GOVERNABILITY
Governableness. - GOVERNOR
A pilot; a steersman. (more info) gouverneur, fr. L. gubernator steersman, ruler, governor. See 1. One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of - CONVENTIONARY
Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants. R. Carew. - CONVENTIONALIZE
1. To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage. To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the - CONVENTION
An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, -- as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II. Our gratitude is due - GOVERNESS
A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes. - MISGOVERNED
Ill governed, as a people; ill directed. "Rude, misgoverned hands." Shak. - UNGOVERNABLE
Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions. -- Un*gov"ern*a*bly, adv. Goldsmith. - MISGOVERNMENT
Bad government; want of government. Shak. - ENTREATY
1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. B. Jonson. 2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. Spenser. Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; - RELAY GOVERNOR
A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying the relay principle.