| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| acceptable |
good enough to be accepted or approved of. |
| acceptance |
the condition of being accepted or approved of. [1/2 definitions] |
| acceptation |
the generally accepted meaning of a word, phrase, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| adoptable |
able to be adopted; able to be officially accepted or taken on as one's own, esp. as one's own child or one's pet. |
| adventurism |
impetuous, irresponsible acts or policies, esp. by a government or someone in power, in defiant violation of commonly accepted norms of behavior. |
| apocrypha |
(cap.) a group of fourteen books of the Old Testament that are rejected by Judaism, and considered by Protestants as uncanonical, eleven of which are accepted by the Roman Catholic Church. [1/2 definitions] |
| assumed |
accepted without question; presumed. [1/2 definitions] |
| authoritative |
accepted as correct and true; reliable as a source of information because said or written by an expert or authority. [1/2 definitions] |
| axiom |
an obvious or generally accepted principle. [2 definitions] |
| barbarism |
a use of words that violates accepted standards. [1/3 definitions] |
| barbarous |
violating accepted word usage. [1/3 definitions] |
| belief |
an idea accepted as true; something that is believed. [1/3 definitions] |
| belong |
to be accepted as part of a group; fit in. [1/4 definitions] |
| big lie |
a gross falsity, distortion, or misrepresentation that becomes widely accepted through constant repetition and elaboration (usu. prec. by "the"). [1/2 definitions] |
| canon1 |
a generally or universally accepted standard, principle, or criterion, or a set of these. [1/5 definitions] |
| canonical |
accepted as standard or authoritative. [1/3 definitions] |
| citizen |
a person who is a member of a country because of being born there or being accepted as a member by law. |
| claim |
to state (something) as true although not proven or universally accepted to be true; assert, contend. [2/8 definitions] |
| convention |
a way of doing something that is accepted by most people. [1/2 definitions] |
| conventional |
adhering closely to accepted customs and standards. [1/3 definitions] |