• (v. t.) To convert into a noun. • (v. t.) To convert into a noun.
Nom'i·nal·ize transitive verb To convert into a noun. [ Obsolete]
nominalize, nominalization 1. To change a part of speech into a noun by the addition of a suffix. 2. To change an underlying clause by a syntactic process or series of rules so that it functions like a noun.
to convert (another part of speech) into a noun, as in changing the adjective lowly into the lowly or the verb legalize into legalization. · to convert (an underlying clause) into a noun phrase, as in changing he drinks to his drinking in I am worried about his drinking.