conventionalization

American  

[kuhn-ven-shuhn-uhl-uh-zay-shuhn, kuhn-ven-shuhn-uhl-ahy-] / kənˌvɛn ʃən əl əˈzeɪ ʃən, kənˌvɛn ʃən əlˌaɪ- /

noun

plural

conventionalization

1. the act or process of making something more conventional or representing it in a conventional way.

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Other Word Forms

• deconventionalization
  noun

Example Sentences

When children, in play, "make believe" that something exists, or exists in a certain way, they employ conventionalization.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

The great means of preserving them is by conventionalization.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

In all artistic work there is more or less conventionalization.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

The conventionalization in favor of what is amusing must always be recognized.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

All the arts are a conventionalization, an ordering of nature.

From Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women by Bennett, Arnold