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# Convention (norm) ## Links (Wikipedia order)  `A_Conflict_of_Visions` · `A_Dictionary_of_Slang_and_Unconventional_English` · `A_Vindication_of_Natural_Society` · `Abilene_paradox` · `Academic_bias` · `Activism` · `Adam_Smith` · `Advertising_research` · `Advocacy` · `Aesthetic_emotions` · `Aesthetic_taste` · `Affect_(linguistics)` · `Affect_display` · `African_traditional_religions` · `Afterlife` · `Agency_(philosophy)` · `Aggression` · `Agnosticism` · `Agnotology` · `Agriculturalism` · `Al-Farabi` · `Al-Ghazali` · `Alain_Badiou` · `Alain_de_Benoist` · `Alasdair_MacIntyre` · `Albert_Camus` · `Alexis_de_Tocqueville` · `Ali_Shariati` · `Alms` · `Altruism` · `Anarchism` · `Anecdotal_evidence` · `Anima_mundi` · `Animal_communication` · `Anomie` · `Anthropology` · `Antonio_Gramsci` · `Antonio_Negri` · `Aprosodia` · `Argument` · `Argumentum_ad_populum` · `Aristotelianism` · `Aristotle` · `Arnold_Gehlen` · `Asperger_syndrome` · `Assertiveness` · `Atheism` · `Atomism` · `Attentional_bias` · 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`Umberto_Eco` · `Umwelt` · `Unclean_animal` · `Unconscious_communication` · `Unconventional_computing` · `Unconventional_superconductor` · `Unconventional_wind_turbines` · `Unitarian_Universalism` · `Unobservable` · `Unsaid` · `Unspoken_rule` · `Utilitarianism` · `Value_(ethics)` · `Value_theory` · `Values_education` · `Veganism` · `Vice` · [[Vilfredo_Pareto]] · `Viral_phenomenon` · `Virtue` · `Vitalism` · `Vladimir_Lenin` · `Voltaire` · `W._E._B._Du_Bois` · `Weltschmerz` · `Werner_Sombart` · `Wilhelm_Röpke` · `Wishful_thinking` · `Woozle_effect` · `Work_of_art` · `World_disclosure` · `Worldview` · `Worship` · `Wrongdoing` · `Xunzi_(philosopher)` · `Yangism` · `Zoroastrianism` · `Zygmunt_Bauman` · `Émile_Durkheim` > Summary stub · part of [[System]] · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_%28norm%29) ## Summary A convention is an agreed-upon standard, social norm, or widely accepted criterion that influences and coordinates behavior within a social system. Conventions emerge through repeated interaction and tacit agreement rather than formal legislation—they represent solutions to coordination problems that allow groups to function smoothly. Examples include driving on the right side of the road, professional dress codes, and greeting customs. Conventions are powerful system-level phenomena because they self-reinforce: individuals follow them because others do, creating stable equilibria that persist through generations with minimal formal enforcement. ## Key points - Represent solutions to coordination problems in social systems - Emerge through repeated interaction and become self-reinforcing through social expectations - Differ from formal rules in that they lack explicit enforcement mechanisms - Vary across cultures and contexts, showing their socially constructed nature - Fundamental to the functioning of societies, organizations, and groups ## Relation to System Conventions illustrate how systems organize themselves through shared expectations and self-reinforcing patterns. They demonstrate system-level phenomena like [[Emergence|emergence]] (conventions arise from individual behavior without central design), [[Feedback|feedback]] (following a convention reinforces it), and stability (conventions persist because deviation is costly). Understanding conventions is essential to analyzing how social systems coordinate behavior without hierarchical control. ## Sources - [Convention (norm) — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_%28norm%29) Back to [[System]] ---  ## Semiotic profile > *The semiotic universals this article invokes, machine-derived from the crossref — **unverified** (born so). Populated 2026-07-06 for the Systems room.* **Universals (6):** 🟡 system (11) · 🟢 emergence (2) · 🟢 feedback (2) · 🟢 equilibrium (1) · 🟢 stability (1) · 🟢 tree hierarchy (1) **Enter by sign:** Systems Semiotic Gateway · Alphabetum · Icon Registry · ← Systems Portal   ## From the Real GENERATIVE library > A convention influences a set of agreed, stipulated, or generally accepted standards, social norms, or other criteria, often taking the form of a custom. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_%28norm%29))  ## Wikipedia : Wikitube **Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_%28norm%29) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Convention_%28norm%29) ## Previous hub tags Tree parent: [[Game_theory]]. Legacy hubs: none. --- *Sources: 1 legacy note. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*