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noun
The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: fossilification
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
becoming inflexible or out of date
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fossilisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: passage, transition
noun
the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fossilisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity
Narrower terms: petrifaction, petrification
History
From fossil + -ization or fossilize + -ation.
Across languages
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