"nominalization" meaning in English

See nominalization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: nominalizations [plural]
Etymology: From nominal + -ization or nominalize + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nominal|ization}} nominal + -ization, {{suffix|en|nominalize|ation}} nominalize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nominalization (countable and uncountable, plural nominalizations), {{tlb|en|American spelling|Oxford British spelling}} (American spelling, Oxford British English)
  1. (linguistics, countable) A noun derived from an adjective, verb, etc., often (in english) by adding a suffix such as -ity, -tion or -ism. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, countable Categories (topical): Linguistics
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  2. (linguistics, uncountable) The act or process of nominalizing; the use of such a noun. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (use of a verb or an adjective as a noun): isimləşmə (Azerbaijani), nominalització [feminine] (Catalan), substantivació [feminine] (Catalan), 名詞化 (Chinese Mandarin), 名词化 (míngcíhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), substantivering [feminine] (Dutch), nominalisatie [feminine] (Dutch), substantivigo (Esperanto), substantivation [feminine] (French), nominalisation [feminine] (French), substantivación [feminine] (Galician), nominalización [feminine] (Galician), Nominalisierung [feminine] (German), Substantivierung [feminine] (German), Hauptwortbildung [feminine] (German), ουσιαστικοποίηση (ousiastikopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), nominalisasi (Indonesian), sostantivazione (Italian), nominalizzazione [feminine] (Italian), 名詞化 (meishika) (alt: めいしか) (Japanese), 명사화 (myeongsahwa) (Korean), nominalizācija [feminine] (Latvian), нэршихүй (neršixüj) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), нэршил (neršil) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠨᠡᠷᠡᠰᠢᠬᠦᠢ (neresiküi) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), ᠨᠡᠷᠡᠰᠢᠯ (neresil) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), nominalizacja [feminine] (Polish), substantywizacja [feminine] (Polish), substantivação [feminine] (Portuguese), nominalização [feminine] (Portuguese), субстантива́ция (substantivácija) [feminine] (Russian), номинализа́ция (nominalizácija) [feminine] (Russian), substantivación [feminine] (Spanish), nominalización [feminine] (Spanish), adlaştırma (Turkish), danh từ hoá (Vietnamese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: substantivisation, substantivation [uncommon], nounification, nominalisation [Non-Oxford, UK] Derived forms: agentive nominalization, agentive nominalisation, nominalizer

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