dictionarization

noun

The act of adding (something) to a dictionary.

“The goal of Wiktionary is to achieve the dictionarization of every language.”

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Meanings

noundictionarization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act of adding (something) to a dictionary.

    The goal of Wiktionary is to achieve the dictionarization of every language.

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    The unprecedented standardization (and dictionarization) of language has allowed the logologist to view words as combinations and permutations of graphemic units. Wordplay has taken on the cold precision and theorization of modern mathematics.

    1977 May, Paul Remley, “Gamenung Mid Wordum”, in Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics, volume 10, number 2, Morristown, N.J.: A. Ross Eckler Jr., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 67

Origin

From dictionary + -ization.

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APA

dictionarization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictionarization

MLA

“dictionarization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictionarization. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dictionarization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictionarization.

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