CONVENTIONAL WISDOMS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

conventional wisdoms

noun

plural of conventional wisdom

as in party lines

opinions or beliefs that are held or accepted by most people Conventional wisdom in Hollywood says that a movie can't succeed unless it stars a famous actor or actress.

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Relevance

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profundities

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Noun

The same can be demonstrated for generalizations of square grids in high dimensions.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
What’s bothered me, though, is how its backers have anchored their messaging around a lot of misleading generalizations about the state of college sports.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of generalizations

Noun

In a national experiment, Public Policy researcher Mirya Holman and colleagues found that when campaign messages triggered fears of terrorism, voters turned to their stereotypes of strong leaders as masculine.

— Monique Mitchell Turner, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
One criticism, which mirrors a plotline in the film, is that Ali G uses the character as a cover for enforcing racial stereotypes.

— Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of stereotypes

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