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enregisterment

enregisterment noun: the process of enregistering or becoming a register ("a style of a language used in a particular context").

Noun

enregisterment (countable and uncountable, plural enregisterments)

  1. The process of enregistering or becoming a register ("a style of a language used in a particular context").
    • The enregisterment of culture among Latino, Black, and Asian students resembles that of multicultural programs insofar as the noun culture denotes a valuable possession of the racially marked and a contribution to the larger community.2009 June, Bonnie Urciuoli, “Talking/Not Talking about Race: The Enregisterments of Culture in Higher Education Discourses”, in Linguistic Anthropology, volume 19, number 1, Wiley, →DOI, →ISSN...

Forms of enregisterment

pluralenregisterments

Origin of enregisterment

From enregister + -ment.

Questions about enregisterment

What does enregisterment mean?
Enregisterment means the process of enregistering or becoming a register ("a style of a language used in a particular context").
What part of speech is enregisterment?
Enregisterment is a noun.
What is the plural of enregisterment?
The plural of enregisterment is enregisterments.

Words near enregisterment in the dictionary

  1. enregimenting
  2. enregiments
  3. enregister
  4. enregistered
  5. enregistering
  6. enregisterment
  7. enregisterments
  8. enregisters
  9. enregistration
  10. enregistrations
  11. enregistry

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