nominalization
The morphological process by which a word other than a noun (i.e. verb, adverb, adjective) is turned into a noun. Adding the suffix '-ing' to a verb in order to create a gerund is an example nominalization.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Language
- Category: Linguistics
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