| Main Entry: |
custom |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
ritual, traditional action |
Synonyms: |
attitude,
canon,
ceremony,
character, convention, conventionalism, customariness,
design, dictates, established way,
etiquette,
fashion, folkways,
form, formality, inheritence,
manner, matter of course,
method,
mode,
mold,
mores, observance,
observation,
pattern,
performance,
policy,
practice, praxis,
precedent,
precept, rite,
routine,
rule, second nature,
style,
system,
taste,
type, unwritten law, unwritten rule,
usage,
use,
vogue,
way
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| Notes: |
costume and custom were actually two forms of the same Latin root consuetudinem 'habit, custom,' with costume first meaning 'manners and customs belonging to a particular time and place' |
Antonyms: |
departure, deviation
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