substantivation

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French

Etymology

From substantiver +‎ -ation

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Noun

substantivation f (plural substantivations)

  1. substantivization, nominalization
    La substantivation, très vivante en ancien français, ne se produit plus guère aujourd’hui que dans le discours philosophique.
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