Definitions For Concretization

Noun

CONCRETIZATION. (countable and uncountable, plural CONCRETIZATIONs) (uncountable) The process of concretize, concretizing a general principle or idea by delineate, delineating, particularize, particularizing, or exemplifying it. (countable) Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea. (uncountable, medicine, psychology) An inability to generalize or perform abstraction accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or in cognition by children.

Usage notes

Concretization and concretion are rough synonyms but are usually not used interchangeably. Concretization is more commonly used to refer to a particular embodiment of a general concept or to the process which creates it. Concretion is more commonly used to refer to a physical, especially geological, object or to the physical process which creates it.

Antonyms

abstraction

Related terms

concrete concretize/concretise

Translations

Belarusian: канкрэтыза́цыя, f French: concrétisation, f Italian: concretizzazione, f Polish: konkretyzacja, f Russian: конкретиза́ция, f Ukrainian: конкретиза́ція, f

Alternative forms

concretisation

Etymology

concrete + ization

Is Concretization a Scrabble Word?

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The word Concretization is worth 27 points in Scrabble and 31 points in Words with Friends

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