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substantivisation

substantivisation noun: the process of substantivising (converting into a substantive).

Noun

substantivisation (plural substantivisations)

  1. The process of substantivising (converting into a substantive).
    Synonyms:
    nominalisation

Synonyms of substantivisation

Forms of substantivisation

pluralsubstantivisations
alternative formsubstantivization

Origin of substantivisation

From substantive + -isation or substantivise + -ation.

Questions about substantivisation

What does substantivisation mean?
Substantivisation means the process of substantivising (converting into a substantive).
What part of speech is substantivisation?
Substantivisation is a noun.
What is the plural of substantivisation?
The plural of substantivisation is substantivisations.

Words near substantivisation in the dictionary

  1. substantived
  2. substantively
  3. substantiveness
  4. substantives
  5. substantiving
  6. substantivisation
  7. substantivisations
  8. substantivise
  9. substantivised
  10. substantivises
  11. substantivising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: substantivisation (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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