Definitions

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of stylize.
  • adjective made to conform to some style
  • adjective represented according to some convention, rather than in a realistic or literal manner

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  • adjective using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous

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Examples

  • But given the consistency of the experiences — all stylized from a very narrow range of tangible, visual, aural and also linguistic sensations — they certainly seemed both like distinguishable “parts”, and like wholly opaque, independent “entities”.

    Drug Said to Cause Clairvoyance 2009

  • His models strutted into this Old World tradition wearing red and black coats with abstract patterns, dresses in stylized tweed, reconceived motorcycle jackets, paneled dresses with harnesslike overlays, and mannish loafers with silver-studded soles.

    Zac Posen, Hakaan Yildirim among designers outshone in the City of Light Robin Givhan 2010

  • Similar in stylized hypocritical concept to the new 2007 feature film Double Down with Neil Breen.

    GreenCine Daily: The Hoax. 2007

  • The puppetry here, although stylized, is far less technically detailed and routinized, leaving the power of the story more vested in its creepy images than the actual physical performance of any of the puppeteers or puppets.

    Puppet Master(s) 2007

  • The puppetry here, although stylized, is far less technically detailed and routinized, leaving the power of the story more vested in its creepy images than the actual physical performance of any of the puppeteers or puppets.

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • Um, I think I'm the only one to use the word stylized Frank and it's a way to describe traditional methods of describing something visually relying on something other than observation.

    Line Weight Hierarchy James Gurney 2008

  • Provoking intense suffering and displaying that suffering in stylized, almost ritualized ways became the dominant mode for this culture to define personal and civic virtue, as well as universalized humanity.

    Talking About Virtue: Paisiello's 'Nina,' Paër's 'Agnese,' and the Sentimental Ethos 2005

  • Some segments suffer from being too short (Gus Van Sant’s part, the only story involving gay men), too pointless (Alfonso Cuarón’s single take of Nick Nolte yammering away to a French dolly), or too weird (a courtship told in stylized mime).

    Weekly Mishmash: January 24-30 : Scrubbles.net 2010

  • Some segments suffer from being too short (Gus Van Sant’s part, the only story involving gay men), too pointless (Alfonso Cuarón’s single take of Nick Nolte yammering away to a French dolly), or too weird (a courtship told in stylized mime).

    2010 January : Scrubbles.net 2010

  • The design of his animated figures here recalls the stylized outlines of children's books, perhaps purposefully.

    Jan Svankmajer shorts: Leonardo's Diary; Et Cetera Ed Howard 2008

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