substantialization
- noun
- /səbˌstænʧuəˈlaɪzˌeɪʃən/
:
sustancialización
- After years of planning, the substantialization of the community project finally took shape with the first building completed.
Examples
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The substantialization of the prototype allowed engineers to test the product's design in real-world conditions.
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Since these had specific implications for governance and increasingly also for social reform, enumeration and the census played no small role in setting the stage for the substantialization (and politicization) of caste.
Academic text (2005) -
It did, however, bring about a politicized form of substantialization that enabled both the transformation of local practice and, paradoxically, its reinforcement.
Academic text (2005) -
The team focused on the substantialization of their ideas through detailed models and presentations.
Synonyms
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3.6
Making a plan or idea real
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7.5
The process of turning an idea into something real or making it seem real
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7.2
An idea or plan that becomes real and takes a clear form
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9.9
Treating an idea as a real thing
Making an idea or plan clear and real with details
How Concrete
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7.2
- US
11
3.6
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4.2
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
substantialization = substantialize (transparent) = substantial + ize + ation
The noun is a standard nominalization of substantialize, and the meaning 'the process of making something substantial or concrete' is directly compositional.
Etymology
The word substantialization is built from substance and the parts -ize and -ation, and substance comes from an old idea 'to stand', meaning something that stands as real. So, substantialization is the act of making an idea or plan into something real and concrete.