vernacularization

noun

The act or process of making vernacular.

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Meanings

nounvernacularization (countable and uncountable, plural vernacularizations)

plural vernacularizations

  1. countableuncountableThe act or process of making vernacular.

    Thousands of words and uses of words, on their first appearance, or revival, as candidates for vernacularization, must have met with repugnance, expressed or unexpressed.

    1873, Fitzedward Hall, Modern English

Origin

From vernacular + -ization.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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