conventionalize

Example Sentences

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"It is the incessant, continuous pressure of the herd ... to conventionalize its methods of acquiring the gratification of its needs."

From Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family by Knight, Melvin Moses

They're just going to disorganize me, conventionalize me completely.

From This Side of Paradise by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)

It was as if she had secretly determined—God knows from what pressure of lonely sorrow—to conventionalize her life, to present the world hereafter nothing but an even surface of unobtrusive conformity.

From The Book of Susan A Novel by Dodd, Lee Wilson

I'll just make studies now, and this winter I'll conventionalize them and work them into patterns.

From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene

We do not separate the features as frequently as did that ancient people, but we conventionalize them as often.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel