Nominalized Nouns (Nominalizations)

What are Nominalized Nouns?

Nominalized Nouns are nouns formed out of action verbs or adjectives.


Verbs to Nouns


example:


There is the action verb "create".

To make this into a noun, it is turned into "creation".


We removed the "e" in create and replaced it with "-ion". It applies to many action verbs that end in "-e". Others are added "-ship" and "-ment".


More examples:


form - formation

steward - stewardship

abandon - abandonment

abolish - abolition

abort - abortion

cultivate - cultivation




Adjectives to Nouns


examples:


abrasive - abrasiveness

absent - absence

anemic - anemia

animated - animation

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