appellativization
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appellativization (countable and uncountable, plural appellativizations) (American spelling)
- (linguistics) The process of a proper name becoming a common noun.
- Antonym: proprialization
- Hyponym: genericization
Translations[edit]
the process of a proper name becoming a common noun
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Further reading[edit]
- appellativization in Robert Lawrence Trask: The Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics, 2000