nominalization
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- nominalisation (Non-Oxford British spelling)
Etymology[edit]
From nominal + -ization or nominalize + -ation
Noun[edit]
nominalization (countable and uncountable, plural nominalizations) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- (linguistics, uncountable) The use of a word which is not a noun (e.g. a verb or adjective) as a noun, with or without morphological transformation.
- (linguistics, countable) An instance of such use: a noun formed from a nominalized adjective.
Synonyms[edit]
- substantivisation
- substantivation (uncommon)
- nounification
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
use of a verb or an adjective as a noun
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Further reading[edit]
- nominalization at OneLook Dictionary Search
- nominalization, substantivization, substantivisation, substantivation at Google Ngram Viewer