Associations to the word «Lexicalization»

Wiktionary

LEXICALIZATION, noun. The act or process of lexicalizing.
LEXICALIZATION, noun. Something lexicalized.

Dictionary definition

LEXICALIZATION, noun. The process of making a word to express a concept.

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