conventionalize (konvenshonaliz)

t.; pret. and pp. conventionalized, ppr. convention alizing. [ conventional + -ize.] 1. To render conventional; bring under the influence of conventional rules; render observant of the forms and precedents of society. Specifically-2. In the fine arts, to render or represent in a conventional manner-that is, either by exact adherence to a rule or in a manner intentionally incomplete and simplified. The fact is, neither [leaves nor figures] are idealized, but both are conventionalized on the same principles, and in the same way. Ruskin . conventionally (kon-ven's hon-al-i), adv . In a conventional manner. I should have replied to this question by something con vent i on ally vague and polite. Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, xiv. ral growth or nece ity; generally accepted or observed; formal. I too easily saw through the varnish of conventional refinement. Marg. Fuller , Woman in 19th Cent., p. 190. There is no way of distinguishing those feelings which are natural from those which are conventional , except by an appeal to first principles. H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 190. The very earliest dialects are as exclusively conventional as the latest; the savage has no keener sense of etymological connection than the man of higher civilization. Whitney, Life and Growth of Lang., p. 297. Specifically-5. In the fine arts , depending on accepted models or traditions, irrespective of independent study of nature; traditionally or purposely deviating from natural forms, al though properly retaining the principles which underlie them: as, the conventional forms of birds, beasts, flowers, etc., in heraldry and on coins.-6. In law , resting in actual contract: as, the conventional relation of landlord and tenant, as distinguished from the implied obligation to pay for use and occupation, incurred by occupying another's land without agreement. Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights service. Sir M. Hale , Hist. Com. Law of Eng. Conventional estates, those freeholds, not of inheritance or estates for life, which are created by the expre acts of the parties, in contradistinction to those which are legal, and arise from the operation and construction of law. Conventional obligations, obligations resulting from the actual agreement of parties, in contradistinction to natural or legal obligations. conventionalism (kon-ven's hon-al-izm), n. [ conventional + -ism.] 1. Adherence or the tendency to adhere to conventional usages, regulations, and precedents; conventionality; formalism. Nothing endures to the point of conventionalism which is not based upon lasting rules. Stedman, Vict. Poets, p. 182. Conventionalism , indeed, is the modern name for that which stands here for the opposite of religion; and we can judge from this in what way religion itself was conceived, for the opposite of conventionalism is freshne of feeling, enthusiasm. J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 123. 2. That which is received or established by convention or agreement; a conventional phrase, form, ceremony, etc.; something depending on conventional rules and precepts. We must be content with the conventionalisms of vile solid knots and lumps of marble, instead of the golden cloud which encircles the fair human face with its waving mystery. Ruskin, -ary1.] Acting under contract; settled by covenant or stipulation; conventional: as, conventionary tenants. In the case of the peculiar conventionary holdings of the Cornish mining country, where the tenant has an inheritable interest, but must be re-admitted every seven years, something like proof of a Celtic origin is attainable. F. Pollock , Land Laws, p. 204, App.