conventionalizev.
transitive. To make conventional; to bring under conventional rules; in Art, to treat conventionally, represent in a conventional manner.
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1854 J. Ruskin Lect. Archit. 154 You will often hear..that architectural ornament ought to be conventionalized.
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind iii. 43 Natural gestures were very commonly conventionalized and abridged to save time.
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conˈventionalized adj.
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1868 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 186 A portrait of a gentleman with some beautiful conventionalised leafage behind.
1879 Academy 39 Decoration with slightly conventionalized irises and lilies.
1889 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea (1899) I. xxi. 447 They are faithful reproductions of the changed life—telegraph poles down the streets, conventionalised tram-lines, [etc.].
1960 B. L. Snook Eng. Hist. Embroidery 72 A second long cover (V. & A.) has a scrolling design of conventionalised flowers, fruit and leaves.
conˈventionalizing n. and adj.
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1862 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 528 We miss a little of the needful conventionalizing suitable to architecture.
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