stylization

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noun

The process or result of designing or presenting in accordance with a style. Adoption of a style.

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Meanings

nounstylization (plural stylizations)

plural stylizations

  1. The process or result of designing or presenting in accordance with a style. Adoption of a style.

    If you separate your work from reality, the artistry and stylization become the focus.

    2007 January 7, Charles Solomon, “The Penguins and People Look Great, but Are They Animation?”, in New York Times
  2. Simplified representation; reduction to a pattern or conventional form; abstraction; decorative generalization.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style

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standardizationstandardisationnormalization

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From stylize + -ation.

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Translations

Bulgarian стилизиране
  • стилизиране (stilizirane)designing in accordance with a style
Catalan estilització
  • estilitzaciódesigning in accordance with a style
German Stilisierung, Schematisierung
  • Stilisierungdesigning in accordance with a style
  • Schematisierungsimplified representation
  • Schematisierensimplified representation
  • Abstrahierensimplified representation
Polish stylizacja, stylizacja
  • stylizacjadesigning in accordance with a style
  • stylizacjasimplified representation
Cite this entry
APA

stylization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylization

MLA

“stylization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylization. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stylization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylization.

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