peculiarization

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noun

The act or process of peculiarizing, or of making peculiar.

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Meanings

nounpeculiarization (countable and uncountable, plural peculiarizations)

plural peculiarizations

  1. countableuncountableThe act or process of peculiarizing, or of making peculiar.

    Her earlier books were dedicated, as this one is, to transfiguring the American domestic landscape by way of magic, fantasy, bewitchment, peculiarization.

    2020 July 28, Kevin Brockmeier, “Aimee Bender’s Latest Is a Proustian Reverie”, in The New York Times

Origin

From peculiar + -ization.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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