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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 conceptplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LEXICALIZATION (noun)


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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