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LEXICALIZATION
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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
Sense 1
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)
Derivation:
lexicalize (make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language)
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