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linguistic process
a process involved in human language
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ossification
the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior
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psychoanalytic process
a process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theory
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social process
a process involved in the formation of groups of persons
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uptake
a process of taking up or using up or consuming
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agglutination
the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
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assimilation
a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
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absorption, assimilation
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
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civilisation, civilization
the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
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decentalisation, decentralization
the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts
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defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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de-Nazification, denazification
social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism
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derivation
(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation
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de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinisation, destalinization
social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor
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dissimilation
a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other
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drift
a process of linguistic change over a period of time
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fusion
the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words
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infection
(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
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lexicalisation, lexicalization
the process of making a word to express a concept
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marginalisation, marginalization
the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society)
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metathesis
a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence
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Nazification
social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) Nazism
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deletion, omission
any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
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peace process
any social process undertaken by governments who want their citizens to believe they are trying to avoid armed hostilities
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professionalisation, professionalization
the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood
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re-uptake, reuptake
a process of using up or consuming again
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Stalinisation, Stalinization
social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin
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synaeresis, syneresis
the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong
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urbanisation, urbanization
the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
