conventionalise

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verb

Non-Oxford British spelling of conventionalize.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

verbconventionalise (third-person singular simple present conventionalises, present participle conventionalising, simple past and past participle conventionalised)

present singular third person conventionalises · participle present conventionalising · participle past conventionalised · past conventionalised

  1. Non-Oxford British spelling of conventionalize.

    Speeches during parliamentary debates, however, belong to linguistic action patterns in which interruptions and hecklings (Burkhardt 2004) are generally conventionalised and accepted as facultative reactions […]

    2008, Ruth Wodak, Veronika Koller, Handbook of Communication in the Public Sphere, page 256

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake conventional or adapt to conventions

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

conventionalise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conventionalise

MLA

“conventionalise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conventionalise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conventionalise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conventionalise.

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