What does "peculiarization" mean?

The act or process of peculiarizing, or of making peculiar.

What is a synonym for "peculiarization"?

Common synonyms include: itemization, particularization, personalization, specialization.

Peculiarization

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Noun

1
The act or process of peculiarizing, or of making peculiar. countable, uncountable
"Her earlier books were dedicated, as this one is, to transfiguring the American domestic landscape by way of magic, fantasy, bewitchment, peculiarization."

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itemization particularization personalization specialization

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"Her earlier books were dedicated, as this one is, to transfiguring the American domestic landscape by way of magic, fantasy, bewitchment, peculiarization."

Etymology

From peculiar + -ization.

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