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Conventionalize
Con-ven′tion-al-ize
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Conventionalized
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Conventionalizing
.] 1.
To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.
[Also spelled
conventionalise
.] 2.
(Fine Arts)
(a)
To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others.
(b)
To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance.
Con-ven′tion-al-ize
,Verb.
I.
(Fine Arts)
To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. , 2.
Conventionalize
, Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
conventionalize
conventionalize
English
Alternative forms
Verb
conventionalize (third-person singular simple present conventionalizes, present participle conventionalizing, simple past and past participle conventionalized)
- To make something conventional.