incorporation
the act of incorporating or the state of being incorporated.
the act of forming a legal corporation.
Grammar. the inclusion of the object or object reference within the inflected verb form, a type of word-formation frequent in American Indian languages.
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.
Origin of incorporation
1Other words from incorporation
- in·ter·in·cor·po·ra·tion, noun
- pre·in·cor·po·ra·tion, noun
- re·in·cor·po·ra·tion, noun
- Compare introjection.
Words Nearby incorporation
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How to use incorporation in a sentence
It’s not a one-piece leather design, because of the incorporation of Cordura around the collar, but the combo makes the Sypes as flexible and nimble as some trail running shoes.
My 4 Favorite Upgrades to Men’s Leather Hiking Boots | Graham Averill | February 22, 2021 | Outside OnlineThe Shawn Mendes bowl is not pretending to have emerged as “organically” in the marketing sense, but more in the food sense, given its incorporation of Chipotle’s recently introduced cauliflower rice.
Celebrities have always done endorsements. Now they sell their fast food orders. | Jameson Rich | February 5, 2021 | Vox“This might be setting up that bone for its eventual incorporation into the hearing mechanism of these early tetrapods,” Lemberg says.
This ancient fish-crocodile mashup snared its prey using a key adaptation | Kate Baggaley | February 3, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe linchpin is digital transformation—the incorporation of modern technologies into an organization’s processes or strategies to achieve business goals.
Digital acceleration in the time of coronavirus: North America | Martha Leibs | December 15, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewMaking responsibility in society a duty in corporate law will reestablish the legitimacy of incorporation.
50 years later, Milton Friedman’s shareholder doctrine is dead | jakemeth | September 13, 2020 | Fortune
I especially love the incorporation of the little elephant with his tusks duct-taped in the photograph.
The place was used as a lock-up for some time after the incorporation, and the old irons were kept on show for years.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellThere ought to be complete incorporation, if such incorporation be possible.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayJohnnie Bones prepared the papers for the incorporation of the new railroad, and the organization was perfected.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandThe Act of incorporation empowered the detectors to take and to administer to their servants an oath of fidelity.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayIt arose out of the treaty of 1814 for the incorporation of the Belgian provinces with Holland.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
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