incorporation
[ in-kawr-puh-rey-shuh n ]
/ ɪnˌkɔr pəˈreɪ ʃən /
noun
the act of incorporating or the state of being incorporated.
the act of forming a legal corporation.
Grammar.
the inclusion of the object or object reference within the inflected verb form, a type of word-formation frequent in American Indian languages.
Psychoanalysis.
the adoption of the views or characteristics of others, occurring in children as part of learning and maturation and in adults as a defense mechanism.
Compare
introjection.
Origin of incorporation
1350–1400; Middle English
incorporacioun < Late Latin
incorporātiōn- (stem of
incorporātiō), equivalent to
incorporāt(us) (see
incorporate1) +
-iōn
-ion
OTHER WORDS FROM incorporation
in·ter·in·cor·po·ra·tion, noun pre·in·cor·po·ra·tion, noun re·in·cor·po·ra·tion, nounWords nearby incorporation
incor.,
incorporable,
incorporate,
incorporated,
incorporating,
incorporation,
incorporator,
incorporeal,
incorporeity,
incorr.,
incorrect