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conventionalized

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.]
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet conventionalized
adj : using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not
natural or spontaneous; "a stylized mode of theater
production" [syn: conventionalised, stylized, stylised]