lingualization

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noun

The act of representing something as a text in some language.

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Meanings

nounlingualization (countable and uncountable, plural lingualizations)

plural lingualizations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of representing something as a text in some language.
  2. countableuncountableThe ability to represent something as text.
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    1997, Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture, https://books.google.com/books?id=XpR2AAAAIAAJ&q=%22lingualization%22&dq=%22lingualization%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUsan0nojPAhUJLmMKHXx1Do0Q6AEIRTAI In the process of lingualization the child internalizes the system of language values and norms […]

  3. countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe process of a sound becoming lingual.
  4. countableuncountableorthodonticsThe procedure of moving teeth towards the tongue side of the arch.

    As already stated, there is a natural mechanism in most Class III cases that compensates for the sagittal skeletal discrepancy, so that during growth a lingualization of the mandibular incisors develops together with a vestibularization […]

    2005, Paolo Ronchi, Orthodontic-surgical treatment of dentofacial anomalies: an integrated esthetic-functional approach

Origin

From lingualize + -ation.

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APA

lingualization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lingualization

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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