appellativization

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Etymology

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appellative +‎ -ization

Noun

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appellativization (countable and uncountable, plural appellativizations) (American spelling)

  1. (linguistics) The process of a proper name becoming a common noun.
    Antonym: proprialization
    Hyponym: genericization

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Further reading

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  • appellativization in Robert Lawrence Trask: The Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics, 2000
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