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conventionalizw |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conventionalizw \Con*ven"tion*al*izw\, 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. 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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