indexicalisation

noun

The act or process of indicating; an indication.

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Meanings

nounindexicalisation (plural indexicalisations)

plural indexicalisations

  1. The act or process of indicating; an indication.

    While this might seem a plausible figure and an indexicalisation of the global importance of this term, the inflated number is not trustworthy, and the actual number would have been much lower.

    2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-wide, page 15

Origin

From indexical + -isation.

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“indexicalisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indexicalisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indexicalisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indexicalisation.

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