"concretization" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: concretizations [plural]
Etymology: concrete + -ization Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|concrete|ization}} concrete + -ization Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} concretization (countable and uncountable, plural concretizations)
  1. (uncountable) The process of concretizing a general principle or idea by delineating, particularizing, or exemplifying it. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-concretization-en-noun-xPHyD3JA
  2. (countable) Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-concretization-en-noun-mi0dzc2Z
  3. (uncountable, medicine, psychology) An inability to generalize or perform abstraction accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or in cognition by children. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Psychology
    Sense id: en-concretization-en-noun-sZqTaa7c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ization Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 22 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ization: 26 22 51 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: concretisation Related terms: concrete, concretize, concretise Translations (process of concretizing; result of this): канкрэтыза́цыя (kankretyzácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), concrétisation [feminine] (French), concretizzazione [feminine] (Italian), konkretyzacja [feminine] (Polish), конкретиза́ция (konkretizácija) [feminine] (Russian), конкретиза́ція (konkretyzácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'process of concretizing; result of this': 43 50 8

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