vernacularization

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

vernacular +‎ -ization

Noun[edit]

vernacularization (countable and uncountable, plural vernacularizations)

  1. The act or process of making vernacular.
    • 1873, Fitzedward Hall, Modern English:
      Thousands of words and uses of words, on their first appearance, or revival, as candidates for vernacularization, must have met with repugnance, expressed or unexpressed.

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