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conventionalisation

conventionalisation is the alternative form of conventionalization.

Meaning of conventionalization

Noun

conventionalization (countable and uncountable, plural conventionalizations)

  1. The act or process of rendering something conventional.
    • Every aspect of Renaissance realism seemed calculated to outmode the medieval illuminators' pictorial vocabulary with its miniature dimensions - two-dimensional patterning and conventionalizations of natural forms.1983 December 25, John Canaday, “TREASURES OF ILLUMINATION”, in The New York Times Magazine

Forms of conventionalisation

pluralconventionalisations

Origin of conventionalisation

From conventional + -isation.

Questions about conventionalisation

What is conventionalisation the alternative form of?
Conventionalisation is the alternative form of conventionalization.

Words near conventionalisation in the dictionary

  1. conventional weapon
  2. conventional weaponry
  3. conventional weapons
  4. conventional wisdom
  5. conventional wisdoms
  6. conventionalisation
  7. conventionalisations
  8. conventionalise
  9. conventionalised
  10. conventionalises
  11. conventionalising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: conventionalisation (page history and authors); conventionalization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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