fossilizationn.
/ˌfɒsl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌfɒsᵻlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌfɑsələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌfɑsəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The action, process, or condition of being fossilized; the conversion of the remains or traces of organisms into fossils.See note at fossil n. 2b.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [noun] > fossilization
fossilization1817
fossilation1861
permineralization1893
the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [noun] > fossilization
fossilization1817
fossilification1835
fossilizing1844
fossilation1861
histometabasis1893
1817 Med. & Physical Jrnl. July 36 There were also found a variety of other marine substances, in a state of fossilization.
1823 G. S. Faber Treat. Christian Dispensations I. iii. 124 The human species alone..entirely escaped fossilization.
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 3 Fossilisation may be applied in a general sense to all the processes through which an organic body passes in order to become a fossil.
1923 Science 16 Mar. 333/2 The degree of fossilization of the human skull and of the camel are approximately the same.
1952 W. J. Miller Introd. Hist. Geol. (ed. 6) 526 These plants have been much more favorable for fossilization than most of the foregoing.
1985 Science (Nexis) 8 Mar. 1218 The earliest metazoans would have been small, coelenterate or planuloid-grade animals with little potential for fossilization.
2001 S. T. Asma Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads v. 164 Many transitional fossils have not been and probably never will be found (due to the nature of fossilization and allopatry).
2. The action or process of fossilize v. 3; the fact or condition of being preserved unchanged or becoming out of date through failure to absorb new ideas; stagnation. Frequently with of.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > rendering or becoming
antiquation1607
antiquating1617
fossilization1862
1862 A. H. Rhind Thebes iv. 115 That close approach to fossilization of mind and manners, which so remarkably characterised its [sc. Egypt's] type of civilization.
1866 Anthropol. Rev. 4 130 The inherent tendency to fossilisation manifested by Asiatics.
1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew iii He..ridiculed the fossilization of Toryism equally with the fluidity of Radicalism.
1923 Times 14 May 18/4 They could..help to prevent fossilization in the public service. The universities might cooperate with public services in regard to training.
1979 J. Allen in J. Redmond Drama & Society 229 If he [sc. an artistic director] stages the classics in too orthodox a manner he is accused of fossilisation.
2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Feb. ii. 2 [This] fossilization of classical music from a shortage of new material.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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