conventionalize

C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /kənˈvɛnʃənəˌlaɪz/ UK /kənˈvɛnʃənəlaɪz/ See IPA manual

verb

Meanings

1

verb
to make conventional or render in a stylized, customary form

Folk artists conventionalize the flower into a simple geometric motif.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to make conventional or... standardizestylizeformalize normalize regularize

Opposites

individualize naturalize

Word family

Derived forms conventionalization

Related forms convention conventional conventionalism conventionality

Etymology

From conventional (from Latin conventio 'an agreement', from convenire 'to come together') plus the verb-forming suffix -ize.

conventio Latin convenire Latin

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# conventionalize

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** kənˈvɛnʃənəˌlaɪz
**IPA (UK):** kənˈvɛnʃənəlaɪz

## Meanings
1. to make conventional or render in a stylized, customary form

## Examples
- Folk artists conventionalize the flower into a simple geometric motif.

## Synonyms
- standardize
- stylize
- formalize
- normalize
- regularize

## Antonyms
- individualize
- naturalize

## Derived Forms
- conventionalization

## Related Forms
- convention
- conventional
- conventionalism
- conventionality

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: conventio
- Root: convenire

## Etymology
From conventional (from Latin conventio 'an agreement', from convenire 'to come together') plus the verb-forming suffix -ize.

## AI Etymology
Conventionalize is from conventional (from Latin conventio 'an agreement', from convenire 'to come together') plus the verb-forming suffix -ize. The ancestry passes through Latin conventio and Latin convenire. The suffix -ize forms a verb meaning to make, render, or treat in the manner of the base, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a verb, it means "to make conventional or render in a stylized, customary form", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include convention, conventional, conventionalism, and conventionality; derived forms include conventionalization.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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