#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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