pronominalize

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verb

To give the effect of a pronoun to; to replace with a pronoun.

“to pronominalize the substantives "person", "people", etc.”

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Meanings

verbpronominalize (third-person singular simple present pronominalizes, present participle pronominalizing, simple past and past participle pronominalized)

present singular third person pronominalizes · participle present pronominalizing · participle past pronominalized · past pronominalized

  1. transitivegrammarTo give the effect of a pronoun to; to replace with a pronoun.

    to pronominalize the substantives "person", "people", etc.

    1 more example

    That this cannot be attributed to some general tendency to pronominalize subjects and avoid pronominalization of objects

    1996, Harald Clahsen, Generative Perspectives on Language Acquisition

Origin

From pronominal + -ize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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