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neutralization

American  
[noo-truh-luh-zey-shuhn, nyoo-] / ˌnu trə ləˈzeɪ ʃən, ˌnyu- /

noun

  1. the act, process, or an instance of neutralizing.

  2. the quality or condition of being neutralized.

  3. Linguistics. the loss of a distinctive feature of one of a pair of phonemes that are otherwise differentiated on the basis of that feature, as the loss of voice as a distinctive feature between the -t- and -d- of latter and ladder.

Other Word Forms

  • overneutralization noun

Etymology

Origin of neutralization

First recorded in 1800–10; neutralize + -ation

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