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propertization

propertization noun: the process of coming to treat something as if it were property under the law.

Noun

propertization (uncountable)

  1. The process of coming to treat something as if it were property under the law
    • Building on Section II's perspective on how property rights function and why we have them in the tangible world, Section III both defends propertization of intangible works in digital form and offers rebuttals to some of the most frequently propounded objections to it.2004, Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jeffrey Paul, Freedom of Speech (volume 21, part 2, page 107)

Origin of propertization

From property + -ization.

Questions about propertization

What does propertization mean?
Propertization means the process of coming to treat something as if it were property under the law.
What part of speech is propertization?
Propertization is a noun.

Words near propertization in the dictionary

  1. propertarians
  2. Propertian
  3. propertie
  4. propertied
  5. properties
  6. propertization
  7. property
  8. property bag
  9. property bags
  10. property dualism
  11. property irregularity report

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