fossilization

uncountable

A noun referring to the process of turning organic material into a fossil, or the state of becoming rigid and outdated.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее процесс превращения органического материала в окаменелость или состояние, при котором что-то становится закостенелым и устаревшим.

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.

   🇷🇺Окаменение

   Synonyms: 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 Becoming rigid or outdated C1 formal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   • The company suffered from the fossilization of its outdated business model.

   🇷🇺Застывание или устаревание

   Synonyms: hardeningossificationpetrificationrigidificationstagnation

   Antonyms: adaptationchangeevolutionmodernizationrenewal

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