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hominization

hominization noun: the process of becoming like a human.

Noun

hominization (usually uncountable, plural hominizations)

  1. (usually) The process of becoming like a human.
    • The professional way to begin a study of the origins of human culture is to begin at the beginning with a discussion of hominization.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 8
  2. (usually) The beginning of human life, or of a deity's life in human form.

Forms of hominization

pluralhominizations
alternative UKhominisation

Origin of hominization

From Latin homo (“human being”) + -ization.

Questions about hominization

What does hominization mean?
Hominization means the process of becoming like a human.
What part of speech is hominization?
Hominization is a noun.
What is the plural of hominization?
The plural of hominization is hominizations.

Words near hominization in the dictionary

  1. hominises
  2. hominising
  3. hominism
  4. hominisms
  5. hominivorous
  6. hominization
  7. hominizations
  8. hominize
  9. hominized
  10. hominizes
  11. hominizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hominization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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