passivization

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

"In contrast, it is difficult for a movement theory to selectively apply to some verbs and not all. The consequence for that approach has been to complicate the syntax of verbs which cannot passivize: It is proposed that they have a more complex syntax that doesn’t allow passivization."

From passive + -ization.

passivizations (plural) passivisation (alternative)

medio-passivization

medio-passivization passivize

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