fossilization
1. the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone • Syn: fossilisation • Derivationally related forms: fossilise (for: fossilisation), fossilize • Hypernyms: natural process, natural action, action, activity • Hyponyms: petrifaction, petrification 2. becoming inflexible or out of date • Syn: fossilisation • Derivationally related forms: fossilise (for: fossilisation) • Hypernyms: passage, transition
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