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
- conventionalization noun
Etymology
Origin of conventionalize
First recorded in 1850–55; conventional + -ize
Example Sentences
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I'll just make studies now, and this winter I'll conventionalize them and work them into patterns.
From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene
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
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
They're just going to disorganize me, conventionalize me completely.
From This Side of Paradise by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)
Whichever group may be the oldest the art is there already advanced and the decoration has taken forms which must have occupied many kinds of workers to conventionalize from natural objects.”
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
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