通念

• 読み: つうねん
• ローマ字: tsuunen
• 漢字の分解: 通 (tsuu/too) — common, pass through; 念 (nen) — thought, feeling, idea
• 発音: /tsɯː.neŋ/

意味

Common idea; generally accepted notion; received wisdom. A belief or assumption that most people in a society share without questioning.

A formal noun often used when contrasting a prevailing assumption with new evidence or argument. Appears in academic, journalistic, and philosophical writing. Phrases like 通念を覆す (to overturn received wisdom) and 通念に反する (to go against common thinking) are typical collocations.

例文

1. 通念を覆すような発見が科学の進歩をもたらす。
2. その行動は社会の通念に反するとみなされた。
3. 時代によって通念は変化していくものだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: academia, journalism, philosophy

トーン: analytical

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound of 通 (common, general, through) and 念 (thought, idea, feeling). Together they suggest an idea that passes freely and widely through society.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Intellectual