Apostrophization
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The use of apostrophe characters. countable, uncountable
"An open letter penned by two prominent French intellectuals, Michèle Cohen-Halimi and Francis Cohen, called into question the curious apostrophization of the word, “‘Jews,’”—a diacritical practice that, in previous cases, has yielded to dubious interpretive license, signaling that “figural” rather than “real” Jews were at issue."
- 2 The use of an apostrophe (an exclamatory speech). countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"An open letter penned by two prominent French intellectuals, Michèle Cohen-Halimi and Francis Cohen, called into question the curious apostrophization of the word, “‘Jews,’”—a diacritical practice that, in previous cases, has yielded to dubious interpretive license, signaling that “figural” rather than “real” Jews were at issue."
Etymology
From apostrophize + -ation.
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