Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or the result of conventionalizing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of making conventional.
- noun The state of being conventional.
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- noun The act or process of making
conventional .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style
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Examples
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In the mythologies this kind of conventionalization was essential.
Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals William Graham Sumner 1875
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It's true AFAIK that "youtai," a transliteration of the word "Judah," was invented by Western missionaries, but to ascribe to them some insidious intent because of their choice of the character for "you" overlooks the conventionalization of characters used in transliteration.
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"Even if Jacobsthal's interpretation of the flower as a common Greek symbol for fire be not accepted, the conventionalization of the trident as a lotus blossom is quite analogous to the change, on Greek soil, of the Assyrian thunderweapon to two flowers pointing in opposite directions" (p. 54).
The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith
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All conventionalization is in the interest of increased beauty of line.
The Principles of Aesthetics Dewitt H. Parker
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It is necessary to use to a certain extent the arbitrary subject-divisions, such as portrait, landscape, and figure painting; and to refer also to realistic painting, which tends to depict things as they are, as opposed to the academic, which recognizes the wisdom of conventionalization or idealization.
An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition Sheldon Cheney
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To appreciate Japanese art it is necessary to become accustomed to the conventionalization of treatment-to understand what the artist was after, and to judge from that standpoint.
An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition Sheldon Cheney
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Was the conventionalization of the octopus design much more ancient than the earliest Trojan examples of the symbol?
The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith
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There is the same conventionalization in treatment, again charming.
An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition Sheldon Cheney
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The pattern _G_ is given as the next step in the conventionalization.
The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition Fay-Cooper Cole 1921
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Fig. 56 was identified as a crocodile but was not regarded as a step in the conventionalization shown.
The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition Fay-Cooper Cole 1921
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