resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion | following accepted customs and proprieties |
unimaginatively conventional | unimaginative and conformist |
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class | (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy |
avoiding excess | rigidly formal or bound by convention |
having social or political views favoring conservatism | represented in simplified or symbolic form |
| conforming with accepted standards |
| in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past |