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substantivation

substantivation noun: the process or result of making something substantive.

Noun

substantivation (countable and uncountable, plural substantivations)

  1. The process or result of making something substantive.

Forms of substantivation

pluralsubstantivations

Questions about substantivation

What does substantivation mean?
Substantivation means the process or result of making something substantive.
What part of speech is substantivation?
Substantivation is a noun.
What is the plural of substantivation?
The plural of substantivation is substantivations.

Words near substantivation in the dictionary

  1. substantivally
  2. substantivate
  3. substantivated
  4. substantivates
  5. substantivating
  6. substantivation
  7. substantivations
  8. substantive
  9. substantive adjective
  10. substantive adjectives
  11. substantive case

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