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— E.E. Cummings

It is said that if the dead who died in the Great

War were placed head to feet, they would stretch

from New York to San Francisco, and from San

Francisco back again to New York; and if those

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conventional wisdom

Part of Speechnoun

A belief or set of beliefs that is widely accepted, especially one which may be questionable on close examination.

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Synonyms

received wisdom

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Related Words

orthodoxycommunis opinioconventionalismconventionalistherdthinkcultureschool of thoughtdefaultism

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