 ##  [Lexicalization](/lexicalization) 

  ##  [Lexicalization](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/lexicalization-0) 

  
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**Humanities &amp; Arts Dictionary**

 
Definition

The process by which a multiword expression, idiom, collocation, or grammaticalized construction becomes established and stored as a single lexical item in a language, acquiring conventionalized form, cohesive meaning, and distributional idiosyncrasies that distinguish it from a compositionally generated phrase.