INCORPORATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does incorporation mean?
• INCORPORATION (noun)
The noun INCORPORATION has 3 senses:
1. consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body
2. learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself
3. including by incorporating
Familiarity information: INCORPORATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• INCORPORATION (noun)
Meaning:
Consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("incorporation" is a kind of...):
consolidation; integration (the act of combining into an integral whole)
Meaning:
Learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
internalisation; internalization; incorporation
Hypernyms ("incorporation" is a kind of...):
acquisition; learning (the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incorporation"):
introjection ((psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects)
introjection ((psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego)
Meaning:
Including by incorporating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("incorporation" is a kind of...):
inclusion (the act of including)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incorporation"):
annexation; appropriation (incorporation by joining or uniting)
