CONCRETIZATION

Etymology

Noun

concretization (countable and uncountable, plural concretizations)

(uncountable) The process of concretizing a general principle or idea by delineating, particularizing, or exemplifying it.

(countable) Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea.

(uncountable, medicine, psychology) An inability to generalize or perform abstraction accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or in cognition by children.

Usage notes

• Concretization and concretion are rough synonyms but are usually not used interchangeably. Concretization is more commonly used to refer to a particular embodiment of a general concept or to the process which creates it. Concretion is more commonly used to refer to a physical, especially geological, object or to the physical process which creates it.

Antonyms

• abstraction

Source: Wiktionary

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