nominalize
verbUK /ˈnɒmɪnəlaɪz/ · US /ˈnɑmənəlaɪz/
Etymology From nominal + -ize.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences British, English, Oxford, US To use as or change into a noun, often by affixing a morpheme.
- 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.1960, Modern Language Association of America, Dwight le Merton Bollinger, Modern Spanish: A Project of The Modern Language Association, Harcourt, Brace, page 226
- But, Dretske asks, what happens when we nominalize a propositional allomorph?1983, Peter Achinstein, The Nature of Explanation, Oxford University Press US, page 199:
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences British, English, Oxford, US To make nominalistic.
- Derived terms
- nominalizable
- Related terms
- adnoun, nominalizer, nominaliser, nominalist, nominalization, nominalisation, substantive, substantivisation, substantivization