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conventionalize

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con·ven·tion·al·ize  (kn-vnsh-n-lz)
tr.v. con·ven·tion·al·ized, con·ven·tion·al·iz·ing, con·ven·tion·al·iz·es
To make conventional.

con·vention·al·i·zation (-l-zshn) n.

conventionalize or -ise
Verb
[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised to make conventional
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Verb1.conventionalize - make conventional or adapt to conventions; "conventionalized behavior"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
2.conventionalize - represent according to a conventional style; "a stylized female head"
artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
interpret, represent - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"


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She was sick with love of him, and he danced with her as he would dance with any woman, as he would dance with a man who was a good dancer and upon whose arm was tied a handkerchief to conventionalize him into a woman.
 
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