stylize

verb

styl·​ize ˈstī(-ə)-ˌlīz How to pronounce stylize (audio)
stylized; stylizing

transitive verb

: to conform to a conventional style
specifically : to represent or design according to a style or stylistic pattern rather than according to nature or tradition
stylization noun

Examples of stylize in a Sentence

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All styles of art line the buildings, doors and businesses here — cartoony murals, motifs of Indigenous art, portraits of community faces, stylized writing in English, Spanish and Arabic. Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025 From Bronson to Inception, The Dark Knight Rises through Mad Max: Fury Road, Tom Hardy is no stranger to explosive violence, both graphic and stylized. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025 The toy itself is indeed lovely and while the original design was penned by Kunio Okawara, this Metal Build iteration is more stylized and comes with extra weapons. Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025 This show should finally set the record straight: here is an American visionary whose obsessive paintings are at once stylized and crudely instinctive, achieving a kind of cryptic simplicity that might be called folk surrealism. Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stylize

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stylize was in 1898

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“Stylize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stylize. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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stylize

verb
styl·​ize ˈstī(ə)l-ˌīz How to pronounce stylize (audio)
stylized; stylizing
: to represent or design according to a style or pattern rather than according to nature or tradition

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