Home › Words › P › peculiarizationpeculiarizationpeculiarization means the act or process of peculiarizing, or of making peculiar.EtymologyFrom peculiar + -ization.nounThe act or process of peculiarizing, or of making peculiar.e.g.“Her earlier books were dedicated, as this one is, to transfiguring the American domestic landscape by way of magic, fantasy, bewitchment, peculiarization.” — 2020 July 28, Kevin Brockmeier, “Aimee Bender’s Latest Is a Proustian Reverie”, in The New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.peculiarize 83% match — To make peculiar; to set apart or assign as an exclusive possession. vs peculiarization →particularization 73% match — The act of particularizing. vs peculiarization →particularizer 62% match — One who particularizes. vs peculiarization →particularizingly 62% match — In a particularizing manner. vs peculiarization →peculiarly 62% match — Such as to be greater than usual; particularly; exceptionally.; To greater degree than is usual. vs peculiarization →particularize 61% match — To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out. vs peculiarization →pectization 61% match — The process of pectizing. vs peculiarization →persification 60% match — The act or process of making Persian or more Persian-like. vs peculiarization →