"concretization" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: concretizations [plural]
Etymology: From 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ization, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 30 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ization: 43 28 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 29 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 34 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 31 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 46 24 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 50 25 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 25 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 53 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 39 24 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 53 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 41 21 38
  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 Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 39 24 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 41 21 38
  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): Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 39 24 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 41 21 38 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), concretisering [feminine] (Dutch), 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': 45 51 4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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