appellativization

English edit

Alternative forms edit

appellativisation (UK)

Etymology edit

appellative +‎ -ization

Noun edit

Examples
Cashmere → cashmere Xerox → xerox

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

Hungarian: köznevesülés, apellativizáció
Polish: apelatywizacja f

Further reading edit

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

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