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thematicization

thematicization noun: insertion of a thematic vowel on the root or stem of the word to make it undergo one of the productive vocalic inflections.

Noun

thematicization (countable and uncountable, plural thematicizations)

  1. (Indo-European linguistics) Insertion of a thematic vowel on the root or stem of the word to make it undergo one of the productive vocalic inflections.

Forms of thematicization

pluralthematicizations
alternative formthematicisation

Origin of thematicization

From thematic + -ization or thematicize + -ation.

Questions about thematicization

What does thematicization mean?
Thematicization means insertion of a thematic vowel on the root or stem of the word to make it undergo one of the productive vocalic inflections.
What part of speech is thematicization?
Thematicization is a noun.
What is the plural of thematicization?
The plural of thematicization is thematicizations.

Words near thematicization in the dictionary

  1. thematically
  2. thematicise
  3. thematicised
  4. thematicises
  5. thematicising
  6. thematicization
  7. thematicizations
  8. thematicize
  9. thematicized
  10. thematicizes
  11. thematicizing

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