Associations to the word «Fossilization»

Wiktionary

FOSSILIZATION, noun. The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
FOSSILIZATION, noun. (figuratively) The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date.

Dictionary definition

FOSSILIZATION, noun. The process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone.
FOSSILIZATION, noun. Becoming inflexible or out of date.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats