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conventionalization

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

noun

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


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The pattern G is given as the next step in the conventionalization.

From The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition by Cole, Fay-Cooper

When the women lived in the temple that fact established conventionalization about them and gave to their life that regulation which has made decency and order in all ages.

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

All the phenomena in Hindostan show how completely the moral effect depends on the integrity or decay of conventionalization.

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

Was the conventionalization of the octopus design much more ancient than the earliest Trojan examples of the symbol?

From The Evolution of the Dragon by Smith, G. Elliot

The weapon seemed to be a conventionalization of the octopus.

From The Evolution of the Dragon by Smith, G. Elliot

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