concretization

Noun

 * 1)  The process of concretizing a general principle or idea by delineating, particularizing, or exemplifying it.
 * 2)  Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea.
 * 3) * 1993, Lubomír Doležel, "Semiotic Poetics of the Prague School," in Irene Rima Makaryk (ed.) Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms, ISBN 9780802068606, p. 182 (Google preview):
 * Vodicka's reception history is an empirical study of the post-genesis fortunes of literary works as attested in recorded concretizations (diaries, memoirs, letters, critical reviews, and essays).
 * 1)  An inability to generalize or perform abstraction accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or in cognition by children.
 * 1) * 1993, Lubomír Doležel, "Semiotic Poetics of the Prague School," in Irene Rima Makaryk (ed.) Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms, ISBN 9780802068606, p. 182 (Google preview):
 * Vodicka's reception history is an empirical study of the post-genesis fortunes of literary works as attested in recorded concretizations (diaries, memoirs, letters, critical reviews, and essays).
 * 1)  An inability to generalize or perform abstraction accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or in cognition by children.

Usage notes

 * Concretization and concretion are rough synonyms but are usually not used interchangeably. Concretization is more commonly used to refer to a particular embodiment of a general concept or to the process which creates it. Concretion is more commonly used to refer to a physical, especially geological, object or to the physical process which creates it.

Antonyms

 * abstraction

Related terms

 * concrete
 * concretize/concretise

Translations

 * Belarusian: канкрэтыза́цыя
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 * Polish: konkretyzacja
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 * Ukrainian: конкретиза́ція