different between nominalization vs nominalize

English

Alternative forms

• nominalisation (Non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

From nominal +? -ization or nominalize +? -ation

Noun

nominalization (countable and uncountable, plural nominalizations) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (linguistics, uncountable) The use of a word which is not a noun (e.g. a verb or adjective) as a noun, with or without morphological transformation.
2. (linguistics, countable) An instance of such use: a noun formed from a nominalized adjective.

Synonyms

• substantivisation
• substantivation (uncommon)
• nounification

Derived terms

• agentive nominalization / agentive nominalisation
• nominalizer

Translations

Further reading

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English

Alternative forms

• nominalise (Non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

nominal +? -ize

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?m?n?la?z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?m?n?la?z/

Verb

nominalize (third-person singular simple present nominalizes, present participle nominalizing, simple past and past participle nominalized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (linguistics) To use as or change into a noun, usually by affixing a morpheme.
   • 1960, Modern Language Association of America, Dwight le Merton Bollinger, Modern Spanish: A Project of The Modern Language Association, Harcourt, Brace, page 226

     To nominalize an adjective that refers to a known noun, the articles el, la, los, and las are used (Unit 11 §59); to nominalize an adjective that does not refer to a known noun, the neuter article lo is used.
2. (philosophy) To make nominalistic.

Related terms

• nominalizer, nominaliser
• nominalist
• nominalization, nominalisation

Translations

See also

• substantive
• substantivise, substantivize
• substantivisation, substantivization