| 释义 |
ˌcommoniˈzation U.S.
[f. commonize v. + -ation.]
The process by which common or generic nouns (also occas. verbs, adjectives, etc.) are derived from proper names.
1935Amer. Speech X. 71/1 That process of commonization by which proper names gradually become converted into common nouns (or verbs or adjectives, sometimes). 1965P. Tamony Americanisms (typescript) No. 8. 2 The Gaelic League, perhaps to curtail the commonization of these beautiful words in American English..distributed An Fáinee. 1973Yale Rev. Spring 452 The host of modern acronyms, blends, commonizations, and the like which appear for the first time in the Supplement. 1982D. L. Gold in Leuvense Bijdragen IV. 447 Commonization (also called genericization) of proper nouns is a widespread phenomenon both within languages and when languages borrow from one another. |