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stylization

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Simplified representation; reduction to a pattern or conventional form; abstraction; decorative generalization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stylisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: standardization, standardisation, normalization, normalisation

Narrower terms: conventionalization, conventionalisation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English stylize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English stylization From stylize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: стилизиране (stilizirane) — designing in accordance with a style
  • Catalan: estilització — designing in accordance with a style
  • German: Stilisierung — designing in accordance with a style
  • Polish: stylizacja — designing in accordance with a style
  • German: Schematisierung — simplified representation
  • German: Schematisieren — simplified representation
  • German: Abstrahieren — simplified representation
  • Polish: stylizacja — simplified representation