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lexicalisation

lexicalisation is the alternative spelling of lexicalization.

Meaning of lexicalization

Noun

lexicalization (countable and uncountable, plural lexicalizations)

  1. The act or process of lexicalizing.
  2. Something lexicalized: a word, collocation, or symbol that has been lexicalized.

Forms of lexicalisation

plurallexicalisations

Origin of lexicalisation

From lexicalise + -ation.

Questions about lexicalisation

What is lexicalisation the alternative spelling of?
Lexicalisation is the alternative spelling of lexicalization.

Words near lexicalisation in the dictionary

  1. lexical verbs
  2. lexical word
  3. lexical words
  4. lexicalic
  5. lexicalisable
  6. lexicalisation
  7. lexicalisations
  8. lexicalise
  9. lexicalised
  10. lexicalises
  11. lexicalising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lexicalisation (page history and authors); lexicalization (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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