conventionalise
Definition
- Verb (transitive):
- To make something conform to established customs, rules, or styles; to adapt something to conventions.
- To represent something in a simplified or symbolic form that follows a traditional or widely accepted pattern.
Usage
The verb conventionalise describes the process of altering something so that it fits within standard, traditional, or widely accepted norms. It often implies removing unique or unconventional elements to create a more typical or formulaic version. This action is performed on an object, idea, or practice.
Examples
- The artist chose to conventionalise the landscape, painting it in a style that was familiar and acceptable to the academy.
- Over time, the radical political movement became conventionalised, losing its original revolutionary edge.
- Designers often conventionalise complex data into easy-to-understand icons for public signage.
Advanced Usage
- In Art and Design: Refers to the process of stylizing a natural form into a decorative or symbolic pattern that follows artistic conventions.
- Medieval tapestry makers would conventionalise flowers and animals into intricate, repeating patterns.
- In Sociology: Describes how innovative social practices or ideas become standardized and absorbed into the mainstream.
- Sociologists study how subcultures get conventionalised and marketed to the broader public.
Variants and Related Words
- Conventionalize: The preferred spelling in American English. It has the same meaning and usage as 'conventionalise'.
- Conventionalised (adj.): Made conventional; having been adapted to conventions.
- The report presented a conventionalised version of the events, omitting many controversial details.
- Conventionalisation (n.): The act or process of making something conventional.
Synonyms
- Standardize: To make something conform to a standard.
- Normalize: To make something normal or standard.
- Formalize: To give a definite structure or form to something, often by making it official.
- Stylize: To represent or design in a non-realistic, conventional style.
Antonyms
- Innovate: To introduce something new or make changes.
- Revolutionize: To completely change something, often in a radical way.
- Individualize: To make something distinctive to a particular person or thing.
Related Phrases and Concepts
- To render conventional: A more formal phrase with the same meaning as 'to conventionalise'.
- Bowdlerize: To remove material considered improper or offensive from a text, which is a specific form of conventionalising content for a particular audience. (Note: This is a related but distinct concept involving censorship for propriety.)
Verb
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make conventional or adapt to conventions
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conventionalized behavior
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