Usually means: Philosophical belief in arbitrariness of rules.
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  11. conventionalism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  1. conventionalism: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
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Definitions from Wiktionary (conventionalism)

noun:  (uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior.
noun:  (countable, obsolete) A conventional act or constraint.
noun:  (uncountable, philosophy) The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions.

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