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Conventionalize v. t. (past & past part. conventionalized; pres. part. conventionalizing)

To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage. (Also spelled conventionalise)

(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.

Conventionalize v. i. (Fine Arts) To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.

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Etymology of 'Conventionalize'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... an effort, she banished her disturbing thoughts. She was going to marry Jim. Perhaps she could mold him a little. Yet she did not know; she did not want to conventionalize him; there was something rather fine about his ruggedness. Then she began to wonder why she had asked him to tell nobody yet. Girls she knew had found an obvious satisfaction in exhibiting their lovers, but she had felt a need for concealment. This ...

— Partners of the Out-Trail • Harold Bindloss