#human_process__humanproces  a process in which human beings are involved
  supertype:  process__proces  a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
  subtype:  linguistic_process  a process involved in human language
     subtype:  agglutination.linguistic_process  the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
        subtype:  isoagglutination  agglutination of an agglutinogen of one individual by a serum from another individual of the same species
     subtype:  assimilation.linguistic_process  a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
     subtype:  derivation.linguistic_process  (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'
     subtype:  dissimilation  a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other; "the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation"
     subtype:  drift.linguistic_process  a process of linguistic change over a period of time
     subtype:  fusion.linguistic_process  the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words
        subtype:  syncretism  the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
     subtype:  lexicalization__lexicalisation  the process of making a word to express a concept
     subtype:  metathesis  a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence
     subtype:  omission.linguistic_process__deletion  any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases
        subtype:  aphaeresis__apheresis__apheresi  (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
        subtype:  aphesis__aphesi  the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
        subtype:  elision  omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
        subtype:  ellipsis__eclipsis  omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
     subtype:  synaeresis__syneresis__syneresi  the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong
  subtype:  psychoanalytic_process  a process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theory
     subtype:  defense_mechanism__defensemechanism__defense_reaction__defensereaction__defencemechanism__defence_reaction__defencereaction__defense  (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
        subtype:  compensation.defense_mechanism  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
           subtype:  overcompensation.compensation  (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
        subtype:  conversion.defense_mechanism  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
        subtype:  denial.defense_mechanism  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
        subtype:  displacement.defense_mechanism  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
        subtype:  idealisation__idealization  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
        subtype:  intellectualization__intellectualisation  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict
        subtype:  projection.defense_mechanism  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
        subtype:  rationalisation__rationalization  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
        subtype:  reaction_formation  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them; "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive"
        subtype:  regression  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
        subtype:  repression.defense_mechanism  (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
  subtype:  social_process  a process involved in the formation of groups of persons
     subtype:  assimilation.social_process__absorption  the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
        subtype:  Americanization__Americanisation  assimilation into American culture
        subtype:  Europeanization__Europeanisation  assimilation into European culture
        subtype:  Westernization__Westernisation  assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization
     subtype:  denazification__de-Nazification  social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism; "denazification was a slow process"
     subtype:  destalinization__de-Stalinization__destalinisation__de-Stalinisation  social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor; "his statue was demolished as part of destalinization"
     subtype:  Nazification  social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) Nazism; "as the process of Nazification spread they paid less attention to public opinion"
     subtype:  Stalinization__Stalinisation  social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin; "many Hungarians refused to take part in the Stalinization of their country"
     subtype:  urbanization__urbanisation  the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

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