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Definition of Stylize
1. Verb. Represent according to a conventional style. "A stylized female head"
Category relationships: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production
Generic synonyms: Interpret, Represent
Derivative terms: Conventionalization, Stylisation, Style, Style, Style, Style, Stylization
Definition of Stylize
1. Verb. To represent something in a particular style ¹
2. Verb. To represent something in a conventional manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stylize
1. to make conventional [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] - See also: conventional
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stylize
Literary usage of Stylize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Little Theater Classics by Samuel Atkins Eliot (1920)
"... ever aware of the audience, and an instinct for making and holding comic "points,"
will further stylize and strengthen the play. As an old thing, ..."
2. The Art of the Low Countries: Studies by Wilhelm R. Valentiner by Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner (1914)
"... of the contour and in the adaptation of the body to geometrical forms — is a
proof that the artist did not thus stylize in a wholly unconscious way. ..."
3. History of the Portrait Collection, Independence National Historical Park by Doris Devine Fanelli, Karie Diethorn (2001)
"... a high forehead as the indicator of intelligence) in order to represent their
shared character traits, rather than to stylize their physical appearance. ..."
4. Early Christian Iconography and A School of Ivory Carvers in Provence by Earl Baldwin Smith (1918)
"... the Bible as much historical reality as possible, were not realistic in their
artistic methods and always tended to stylize their forms of expression. ..."
5. Economic Development Policies in Resource-rich Countries by Miguel Urrutia, Setsuko Yukawa (1988)
"At this juncture, it is useful to stylize the characteristics of a resource-based
industry and a non-resource-based industry as follows: Resource based 1. ..."
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