conventionalize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make conventional.
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Art. to represent in a conventional manner.
verb
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to make conventional
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to simplify or stylize (a design, decorative device, etc)
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of conventionalize
First recorded in 1850–55; conventional + -ize
Example Sentences
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They're just going to disorganize me, conventionalize me completely.
From This Side of Paradise by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)
To the true romance the idea of marriage is at first repugnant, will not be thought about, for it seeks to square and conventionalize a great burst of the spirit.
From Hempfield A Novel by Grayson, David
Yet she did not know; she did not want to conventionalize him; there was something rather fine about his ruggedness.
From Partners of the Out-Trail by Bindloss, Harold
It was as if she had secretly determined—God knows from what pressure of lonely sorrow—to conventionalize her life, to present the world hereafter nothing but an even surface of unobtrusive conformity.
From The Book of Susan A Novel by Dodd, Lee Wilson
We do not separate the features as frequently as did that ancient people, but we conventionalize them as often.
From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel
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