lexicalization

English Thesaurus

1. the process of making a word to express a concept (noun.process)

hypernym	:	linguistic process,
definition	:	a process involved in human language (noun.process)

derivation	:	lexicalise, lexicalize,
definition	:	make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language (verb.communication)

derivation	:	lexicalise, lexicalize,
definition	:	make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language (verb.communication)