incorporation

[in-kawr-puh-rey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of incorporating incorporate or the state of being incorporated. incorporate. incorporated.

2. the act of forming a legal corporation.

3. Grammar.,  the inclusion of the object or object reference within the inflected verb form, a type of word-formation frequent in American Indian languages.

4. Psychoanalysis.,  the adoption of the views or characteristics of others, occurring in children as part of learning and maturation and in adults as a defense mechanism.

Other Word Forms

• interincorporation noun
• preincorporation noun
• reincorporation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of incorporation¹

1350–1400; Middle English incorporacioun < Late Latin incorporātiōn- (stem of incorporātiō ), equivalent to incorporāt ( us ) ( incorporate ¹ ) + -iōn -ion

Example Sentences

Also, some drugs in late stages of development or under regulatory review are now being debated because of FDA leadership changes, with the incorporation of a new benefit/risk framework.

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The company issued new shares on Monday as it switched its incorporation to Delaware from North Carolina.

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We’re seeing large-scale excitement for and incorporation of Eastern culture into American media.

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A year later, China drew up a 17-point agreement legitimising Tibet's incorporation into China.

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The department told The Times that it conducted a “comprehensive review” of the articles of incorporation of Blue Shield and its Medicaid Promise Health Plan as required by state law.

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Related Words

• unification 
• unionization