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conventionalized

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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.
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Adj.1.conventionalized - using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous; "a stylized mode of theater production"
conventionalised, stylised, stylized
artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"


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She was so quietly conventionalized by city clothes that I might have passed her on the street without seeing her.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
Some say it is because they have not a long literary past and are not conventionalized by the usage of many generations of other writers, but this will hardly account for the brotherly directness of their dealing with human nature; the absence of experience elsewhere characterizes the artist with crudeness, and simplicity is the last effect of knowledge.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
Side by side, again, with war and love, appears in the romances medieval religion, likewise conventionalized and childishly superstitious, but in some inadequate degree a mitigator of cruelty and a restrainer of lawless passion.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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