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Fossilization

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    becoming inflexible or out of date wordnet
  3. 3
    The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date. broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
  4. 4
    the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone wordnet

Etymology

From fossil + -ization or fossilize + -ation.

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