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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

















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