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peculiarization

peculiarization noun: the act or process of peculiarizing, or of making peculiar.

Noun

peculiarization (countable and uncountable, plural peculiarizations)

  1. The act or process of peculiarizing, or of making peculiar.
    • Her earlier books were dedicated, as this one is, to transfiguring the American domestic landscape by way of magic, fantasy, bewitchment, peculiarization.2020 July 28, Kevin Brockmeier, “Aimee Bender’s Latest Is a Proustian Reverie”, in The New York Times

Forms of peculiarization

pluralpeculiarizations

Origin of peculiarization

From peculiar + -ization.

Questions about peculiarization

What does peculiarization mean?
Peculiarization means the act or process of peculiarizing, or of making peculiar.
What part of speech is peculiarization?
Peculiarization is a noun.
What is the plural of peculiarization?
The plural of peculiarization is peculiarizations.

Words near peculiarization in the dictionary

  1. peculiarising
  2. peculiarism
  3. peculiarisms
  4. peculiarities
  5. peculiarity
  6. peculiarization
  7. peculiarize
  8. peculiarized
  9. peculiarizes
  10. peculiarizing
  11. peculiarly

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