Convention
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Generally, convention means "coming together". The senses of physical meeting of people in one place, social norm, and formal agreement, are all derived from that sense. The word may refer to:
- Convention (meeting), a large meeting
- Anime convention
- Convention center, a large building specifically designed for large meetings
- Fan convention
- Gaming convention
- Political convention
- Science fiction convention
- Convention (norm), a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted social norms, norms, standards or criteria
- Norm (sociology), a rule that is socially enforced
- Norm (philosophy), a sort of sentences or sentence meanings
- Treaty, treaties, international agreements, protocols, covenants, conventions, etc.
- National Convention, of the French Revolution
- Convention (bridge), in the game of contract bridge
- The Conventioneers
- Convention (novel), by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II.
- "The Convention", an episode of the television series The Office.
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