Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or effect of stylizing.

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

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

Etymologies

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stylize +‎ -ation

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Examples

  • Adverbs and metaphors are such a big part of normal speech that by avoiding them he makes himself more visible than he thinks, but the stylization is so skillful that at first the reader is only aware of being moved vigorously along.

    The Prisoner of Cool 2005

  • Adverbs and metaphors are such a big part of normal speech that by avoiding them he makes himself more visible than he thinks, but the stylization is so skillful that at first the reader is only aware of being moved vigorously along.

    The Prisoner of Cool 2005

  • Adverbs and metaphors are such a big part of normal speech that by avoiding them he makes himself more visible than he thinks, but the stylization is so skillful that at first the reader is only aware of being moved vigorously along.

    The Prisoner of Cool 2005

  • Some of the stylization was a little trite the female chorus sported big fur cuffs in the Fontainebleau scene, bright red fans in the red-and-black garden scene, and King Philip’s cavernous study seemed like a half-finished idea, but the general idiom of big dark spaces, large columns, military severity was effective.

    The Met's new Don Carlo Anne Midgette 2010

  • If anything unites all these examples of second-, third- and fourth-generation Holmes, it is a quality that the original itself had in spades: stylization.

    The Game Is Always Afoot D.J. Taylor 2011

  • Figure's gesture, stylization, artistic delivery and costume design, all of this goes along with one theme to express the idea to maximum extend.

    Evelyne Politanoff: Valley of Dolls: The Popovy Sisters, the New Wave of Russian Art-Doll Designers Evelyne Politanoff 2011

  • All that separates Eggleston from these neo-objectivists, in fact, is his ability to avoid stylization, to achieve distinction without taking a distinctive kind of picture.

    Peter Frank: Pioneering Art: Three Retrospectives At LACMA Peter Frank 2011

  • Despite stylization, Corbijn's photographs display a strange closeness and a sense of intimacy.

    Liliana Rodrigues: Behind the Lens of Dutch Photographer Anton Corbijn Liliana Rodrigues 2010

  • All that separates Eggleston from these neo-objectivists, in fact, is his ability to avoid stylization, to achieve distinction without taking a distinctive kind of picture.

    Peter Frank: Pioneering Art: Three Retrospectives At LACMA Peter Frank 2011

  • The Pop Art craziness, the intense stylization—that's where the appeal is.

    The Sun Rises on Nikkatsu Steve Dollar 2011

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