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lexicalize

American

[lek-si-kuh-lahyz] / ˈlɛk sɪ kəˌlaɪz /

especially British, lexicalise

verb (used with object)

Linguistics.

lexicalized, lexicalizing

to convert (an affix, a phrase, etc.) into a lexical item, as in using the suffix -ism as the noun ism.
to represent (a set of semantic features) by a lexical item.

lexicalize British

/ ˈlɛksɪkəˌlaɪz /

verb

linguistics to form (a word or lexeme) or (of a word or lexeme) to be formed from constituent morphemes, words, or lexemes, as to form cannot from can and not

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Other Word Forms

lexicalization

noun

Etymology

Origin of lexicalize

First recorded in 1935–40; lexical + -ize

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lexicalized

And it must be a single word, phrase, compound, hashtag, catchphrase or other lexicalized form.

From Time ● Jan. 8, 2016

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