concretization noun3 •The process of concretizing a general principle or idea by delineating, particularizing, or exemplifying it.There are certain fields in general economics that are at present not so much in need of a broadening of the theoretical basis as in need of a minute working-out and concretization. — 1934 •Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea.This movement gave Sherman his first image—a roller skate—a concretization of pure motion. — 1979 •An inability to generalize or perform abstraction accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or in cognition by children. formsconcretizations