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noun
The process of concretizing a general principle or idea by delineating, particularizing, or exemplifying it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
An inability to generalize or perform abstraction accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or in cognition by children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences
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History
Etymology tree English concrete Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English concretization From concrete + -ization.
Across languages
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