nominalization noun2 •A noun derived from an adjective, verb, etc., often (in English) by adding a suffix such as -ity, -tion or -ism.Writers who overload their sentences with nominalizations tend to sound pompous and abstract. — 2012 •The act or process of nominalizing; the use of such a noun.Nominalization is a common feature of a more scientific style of writing and is used as an additional measure for syntactic complexity. — 2023 formsnominalizations