stylize

American  

[stahy-lahyz] / ˈstaɪ laɪz /

especially British, stylise

verb (used with object)

stylized, stylizing

1. to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.

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stylize British  

/ ˈstaɪlaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to give a conventional or established stylistic form to

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Other Word Forms

• nonstylization noun
• nonstylized adjective
• stylization noun
• stylizer noun
• unstylized adjective

Etymology

Origin of stylize

First recorded in 1895–1900; style + -ize

Example Sentences

Returning three years after its initial run of episodes, the second season of Dan Erickson’s highly stylized, off-putting workplace drama extended the mythology of Lumon Industries without losing its narrative bearings.

From Salon

That style also means that “Dust Bunny” is quite fussy and mannered and if you don’t buy in on the film’s arch humor and stylized world, you’re liable to bounce right off of it.

From Los Angeles Times

The technique of “Train Dreams”—the stylized juxtaposition of images and narration, the kaleidoscopic jumble of anxious memories and pastoral portraits—is not the stuff of an Old West parable.

From The Wall Street Journal

I avert my eyes, open my hand, and trace the pattern on the inside of my palm—two stylized hearts, one atop the other, locked in an eternal headbutting competition.

From Literature

With an impeccable supporting cast and sleek design, Mr. Icke’s “Oedipus” grips the attention firmly across two intermissionless hours, even as it departs from the stylized forms of Greek tragedy.

From The Wall Street Journal