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nominalize
[ nom-uh-nl-ahyz ]
verb (used with object)
, nom·i·nal·ized, nom·i·nal·iz·ing.
- to convert (another part of speech) into a noun, as in changing the adjective lowly into the lowly or the verb legalize into legalization.
- to convert (an underlying clause) into a noun phrase, as in changing he drinks to his drinking in I am worried about his drinking.
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- nomi·nal·i·zation adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nominalize1
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