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dictionarization

dictionarization noun: the act of adding (something) to a dictionary.

Noun

dictionarization (uncountable)

  1. The act of adding (something) to a dictionary.
    • The goal of Wiktionary is to achieve the dictionarization of every language.
    • The unprecedented standardization (and dictionarization) of language has allowed the logologist to view words as combinations and permutations of graphemic units. Wordplay has taken on the cold precision and theorization of modern mathematics.1977 May, Paul Remley, “Gamenung Mid Wordum”, in Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics, volume 10, number 2, Morristown, N.J.: A. Ross Eckler Jr., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 67

Origin of dictionarization

From dictionary + -ization.

Questions about dictionarization

What does dictionarization mean?
Dictionarization means the act of adding (something) to a dictionary.
What part of speech is dictionarization?
Dictionarization is a noun.

Words near dictionarization in the dictionary

  1. dictionarised
  2. dictionarises
  3. dictionarising
  4. dictionarist
  5. dictionarists
  6. dictionarization
  7. dictionarize
  8. dictionarized
  9. dictionarizes
  10. dictionarizing
  11. dictionary

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