appellativization

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

appellativisation (UK)

Etymology[edit]

appellative +‎ -ization

Noun[edit]

Examples
Cashmere → cashmere Xerox → xerox

appellativization (countable and uncountable, plural appellativizations) (American spelling)

(linguistics) The process of a proper name becoming a common noun.
Antonym: proprialization

Hyponym: genericization

Translations[edit]

the process of a proper name becoming a common noun

Hungarian: köznevesülés, apellativizáció
Polish: apelatywizacja f

Further reading[edit]

appellativization in Robert Lawrence Trask: The Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics, 2000

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