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passivisation

passivisation is the alternative form of passivization.

Meaning of passivization

Noun

passivization (countable and uncountable, plural passivizations)

  1. (US) The process of rendering into the passive form.
    • In contrast, it is difficult for a movement theory to selectively apply to some verbs and not all. The consequence for that approach has been to complicate the syntax of verbs which cannot passivize: It is proposed that they have a more complex syntax that doesn’t allow passivization.2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Grammar” (chapter 3), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 84

Forms of passivisation

pluralpassivisations
alternative formpassivization

Questions about passivisation

What is passivisation the alternative form of?
Passivisation is the alternative form of passivization.

Words near passivisation in the dictionary

  1. passivenesses
  2. passives
  3. passivisabilities
  4. passivisability
  5. passivisable
  6. passivisation
  7. passivisations
  8. passivise
  9. passivised
  10. passivises
  11. passivising

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