human process

Other forms: human processes

Definitions of human process

1. noun

   a process in which human beings are involved
   types:

   linguistic process

   a process involved in human language

   ossification

   the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior

   psychoanalytic process

   a process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theory

   social process

   a process involved in the formation of groups of persons

   uptake

   a process of taking up or using up or consuming

   agglutination

   the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining

   assimilation

   a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound

   absorption, assimilation

   the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

   civilisation, civilization

   the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization

   decentalisation, decentralisation, decentralization

   the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts

   defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction

   (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

   de-Nazification, denazification

   social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism

   derivation

   (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation

   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

   dissimilation

   a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other

   drift

   a process of linguistic change over a period of time

   fusion

   the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words

   infection

   (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound

   lexicalisation, lexicalization

   the process of making a word to express a concept

   marginalisation, marginalization

   the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society)

   metathesis

   a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence

   Nazification

   social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) Nazism

   deletion, omission

   any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

   peace process

   any social process undertaken by governments who want their citizens to believe they are trying to avoid armed hostilities

   professionalisation, professionalization

   the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood

   re-uptake, reuptake

   a process of using up or consuming again

   Stalinisation, Stalinization

   social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin

   synaeresis, syneresis

   the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong

   urbanisation, urbanization

   the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

   type of:

   physical process, process

   a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states