CONVENTIONALIZE

conventionalize, conventionalise

(verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions; “conventionalized behavior”

stylize, stylise, conventionalize

(verb) represent according to a conventional style; “a stylized female head”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

conventionalize (third-person singular simple present conventionalizes, present participle conventionalizing, simple past and past participle conventionalized)

(transitive) To make something conventional.

Source: Wiktionary


Con*ven"tion*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conventionalized; p.pr. & vb.n. Conventionalizing.]

1. To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.

2. (Fine Arts) (a) To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others. (b) To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance.

Con*ven"tion*al*ize, v. i. (Fine Arts)

Definition: To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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