Meanings
present singular third person conventionalizes · participle present conventionalizing · participle past conventionalized · past conventionalized · alternative conventionalise
- transitiveTo make something conventional.
A human language is a conventionalized communication system that is acquired, produced, and understood in a community of people, to be used in their day-to-day lives.
2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
- Proto-Italic*gʷəniō
- Proto-Italic*komgʷəniō
- Latinconveniō
- Latinconventiōnem
- Middle Frenchconvention
- Englishconvention
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishconventional
- Englishconventionalize
From conventional + -ize.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto stiligi
- stiligimake something conventional
Cite this entry
conventionalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conventionalize
“conventionalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conventionalize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conventionalize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conventionalize.
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