crystallization
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- noun
- /ˌkrɪstələˈzeɪʃən/
- US
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concretización
- Even though various Islamist groups have always existed and challenged the Algerian regime, their crystallization into a full-blown protest movement is a recent phenomenon.
But now we can converse basically with a crystallization of human language in a computer.
- But now we can converse basically with a crystallization of human language in a computer.
- Now, that way you won't create a style because style is a crystallization, You know, I mean, that way it's a process of continuing growth.
Examples
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crystallization of her long-held beliefs helped her make a clear decision about her future.
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The clashes of ideas and religious disputations in this period resulted in the crystallization of such historically significant issues as the relationship between rational and Islamic sciences, the nature of Western civilization, the status of women, and the nature of political authority in Islam.
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The conference was an important step toward the crystallization of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Blog text (6) -
Literature is an important agent of socialization that encourages the crystallization of orientation into form.
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The process involved a continuous systematic analysis of data that eventually led to the inductive crystallization of categories.
Academic text (2014) -
At the same time, it has promoted discriminatory and control policies toward its Palestinian citizens as a whole, hence furthering the crystallization of unifying national sentiments.
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The result is the eventual adoption and crystallization of a new economic ideology that redefines the meaning of accumulation and wealth relative to a more traditional ideology that characterizes sectors of the township.
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There is a certain irony in this: the financial and institutional infrastructures that led to the formation of Islamist political and ideological movements also facilitated, in the past couple of decades, the crystallization of the Arabist intelligentsia of today.
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After much discussion, the team reached a crystallization of their project goals that everyone agreed upon.
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crystallization of his thoughts allowed him to finally articulate his vision for the community.
Synonyms
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The process of making a clear plan or idea
Making an idea or plan clear and real with details
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small amount of water that stays inside a crystal and changes its color
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
crystallization = crystallize (semi-transparent) = crystal + ize + ation
Derived regularly from the verb 'crystallize' by adding '-ation'; the morphological formation is straightforward.
Etymology
Crystallization can also mean an idea becoming clear because it uses crystal, which brings to mind 'clear ice' or a hard, clear stone. A helpful way to remember this is to think of a thought 'turning into a clear, fixed shape', which is why we say an idea has crystallized when it becomes definite and decided.