Meanings
nounterminologization (usually uncountable, plural terminologizations)
plural terminologizations
- uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesThe process of a termineme during which it acquires new terminological characteristics in a specific domain and becomes the property of a special language.
Antonyms: determinologization
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process of a termineme during which it acquires new terminological characteristics in a specific domain and becomes the property of a special language.
Opposite
Origin
Analogous to lexicalization, from terminology + -ization.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Turkish terimselleşme
- terimselleşmethe process of a termineme during... (terminology)
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APA
terminologization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terminologization
MLA
“terminologization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terminologization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “terminologization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terminologization.
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