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conventional wisdom
noun
- something that is generally believed; prudence.
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of conventional wisdom1
Idioms and Phrases
A widely held belief on which most people act. For example, According to conventional wisdom, an incumbent nearly always wins more votes than a new candidate . This term was invented by John Kenneth Galbraith, who used it in The Affluent Society (1958) to describe economic ideas that are familiar, predictable, and therefore accepted by the general public. Today it is used in any context where public opinion has considerable influence on the course of events.Example Sentences
Zara went against conventional wisdom by sourcing a lot of its clothes closer to home and changing products much more frequently.
But the conventional wisdom when Guillaume began was that players didn't want something like that.
Given this fact, the “conventional wisdom†suggests that Trump’s presidency should be in grave trouble at this early point in his second term.
"The conventional wisdom at the time was to find a person who has access to information, works really hard — not to trust the markets to do their job"
Donald Trump continues to smash the conventional wisdom, norms, institutions, rule of law and U.S. democracy.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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