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Definition of Conventionalise
1. Verb. Make conventional or adapt to conventions. "Conventionalized behavior"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Conventionalisation, Conventionalization
Definition of Conventionalise
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of conventionalize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conventionalise
Literary usage of Conventionalise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fair Haven: A Work in Defence of the Miraculous Element in Our Lord's by Samuel Butler (1873)
"Thus, though we conventionalise practice, we never conventionalise dogma. Here,
indeed, we stickle for the letter most inflexibly; yet one would have ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1905)
"... have begun with pictorial representations o»- ^ the objects which, according
to circumstances, were conventionalise ^"^ in different ways. ..."
3. The Bookman (1908)
"Critics have tried to locate him and label him—that is, conventionalise him.
He eludes every effort to fix his attitude, even the attitude of egotism, ..."
4. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1908)
"Generalise and conventionalise wisely; let your boys be childish ; your youths
fond of sport, reckless, and fickle; your men of full age, business-like and ..."
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