conventionalize

3 definitions found

conventionalize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Conventionalize \Con*ven"tion*al*ize\, v. i. (Fine Arts)
     To make designs in art, according to conventional principles.
     Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.
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  Conventionalize \Con*ven"tion*al*ize\, v. 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.]
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     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.
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conventionalize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  conventionalize
      v 1: make conventional or adapt to conventions;
           "conventionalized behavior" [syn: conventionalize,
           conventionalise]
      2: represent according to a conventional style; "a stylized
         female head" [syn: stylize, stylise, conventionalize]