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nominalize

[ nom-uh-nl-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, nom·i·nal·ized, nom·i·nal·iz·ing.
  1. to convert (another part of speech) into a noun, as in changing the adjective lowly into the lowly or the verb legalize into legalization.
  2. 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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Other Words From

  • nomi·nal·i·zation adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nominalize1

First recorded in 1650–60; nominal + -ize

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