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