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LEXICALIZATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does lexicalization mean?

• LEXICALIZATION (noun)
The noun LEXICALIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the process of making a word to express a concept

Familiarity information: LEXICALIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LEXICALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The process of making a word to express a concept

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

lexicalisation; lexicalization

Hypernyms ("lexicalization" is a kind of...):

linguistic process (a process involved in human language)

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