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語源

From passive +‎ -ization.

名詞

passivization (countable and uncountable, plural passivizations)

1. (US, grammar) The process of rendering into the passive form.
   • 2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Grammar” (chapter 3), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 84:

     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.

関連する語

• medio-passivization
• passivize