fossilization

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A noun referring to the process of turning organic material into a fossil, or the state of becoming rigid and outdated.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das den Prozess bezeichnet, bei dem organisches Material zu einem Fossil wird, oder den Zustand, in dem etwas starr, verkalkt und veraltet wird.

1. Process of becoming a fossil B2 formal scientific

   The process by which organic material is preserved and turned into a fossil over geological time.

   • Fossilization occurs when a plant or animal is buried quickly after death.
   • The fossilization of this dinosaur took millions of years.
   • Scientists study fossilization to understand ancient life forms.

   🇩🇪Fossilisation

   Synonyme: fossilisationpetrifactionpetrification

2. Becoming rigid or outdated C1 formal

   The process of becoming fixed, inflexible, or no longer relevant or current.

   • The fossilization of old ideas can hinder progress.
   • His thinking underwent a fossilization that made him resistant to change.
   • The company suffered from the fossilization of its outdated business model.

   🇩🇪Erstarrung oder Veralterung

   Synonyme: hardeningossificationpetrificationrigidificationstagnation

   Antonyme: adaptationchangeevolutionmodernizationrenewal

• fossilizations plural form
• fossilizations' possessive plural form
• fossilization's possessive singular form