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LEXICALISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lexicalisation mean?
• LEXICALISATION (noun)
The noun LEXICALISATION has 1 sense:
1. the process of making a word to express a concept
Familiarity information: LEXICALISATION 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 ("lexicalisation" is a kind of...):
linguistic process (a process involved in human language)
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