verb
make conventional or adapt to conventions
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conventionalized behavior
• Syn: ↑conventionalize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑conventionalisation, ↑conventionalization (for: ↑conventionalize)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
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convenˈtionalize or convenˈtionalise transitive verb
1. To make conventional
2. To delineate according to a convention rather than nature
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Main Entry: ↑convention
Useful english dictionary. 2012.