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conventionalised - using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous; "a stylized mode of theater production"

artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"

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There is a continual, delicate play with personal nouns: Paul is "I" only when he is with his love; elsewhere, he wears himself away to a generalised "you", and at the end, a conventionalised "he" who can only flick back to his "I" at moments of extreme pain.

An exquisite look at love

In chapter 4 the 'quizzes' are used to identify a small set of Arrernte symbols that have conventionalised meanings.

Drawn from the Ground. Sound, Sign, and Inscription in Central Australian Sand Stories

Finally, in chapter eight, Hardin compares the slogans of Spanish commercials in three different countries, focusing on how "novelty" is reflected in slogans, concluding that its presence occurs in a highly conventionalised way, although with subtle differences in the meanings of the slogans with respect to the countries of origin.

Barry Pennock-Speck and Maria Milagros del Saz-Rubio, eds. 2013. The Multimodal Analysis of Television Commercials

Theoretical construction and argumentative reality: An analytic model of critical discussion and conventionalised types of argumentative activity.

In Varietate Concordia--united in diversity: European parliamentary debate as an argumentative activity type

Christopher Dresser was undoubtedly Jones's greatest disciple, fully subscribing to the idea that nature should be conventionalised for design purposes rather than directly copied.

A revolution in colour: Kathryn Ferry visits the V&A's bicentenary exhibition on a great but neglected Victorian designer, Owen Jones