Con·ven·tion·al·ize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conventionalized p. pr. & vb. n. Conventionalizing.]
 1. To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage. [Also spelled conventionalise.]
 2. Fine Arts (a) To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others. (b) To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance.


 conventionalized
      adj : using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not
            natural or spontaneous; "a stylized mode of theater
            production" [syn: conventionalised, stylized, stylised]