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univerbization

univerbization noun: univerbation, or the process of the creation of one.

Noun

univerbization (countable and uncountable, plural univerbizations)

  1. (uncommon) Univerbation, or the process of the creation of one.
    • None of the words in the left column can be viewed as being derived from the phrases in the right column by univerbization transformation because the pairs of items differ in terms of either gender or number.1986, Piotr Ruszkiewicz, “One some recent claims concerning derivational morphology”, in Linguistics Across Historical and Geographical Boundaries. In Honour of Jacek Fisiak on the Occasion of His...
    • J. Bosák, ib., 231-37, discusses univerbization and the frequent stylistic shift of words formed in this way from colloquial to neutral.1987, James Naughton, “II. Slovak Studies. Language”, in The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, volume 49, page 906 of 901–909

Forms of univerbization

pluraluniverbizations

Origin of univerbization

From univerbize + -ation.

Questions about univerbization

What does univerbization mean?
Univerbization means univerbation, or the process of the creation of one.
What part of speech is univerbization?
Univerbization is a noun.
What is the plural of univerbization?
The plural of univerbization is univerbizations.

Words near univerbization in the dictionary

  1. univerbates
  2. univerbating
  3. univerbation
  4. univerbations
  5. univerbative
  6. univerbization
  7. univerbizations
  8. univerbize
  9. univerbized
  10. univerbizing
  11. universal

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