massifyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

massify (三人称単数 現在形 massifies, 現在分詞 massifying, 過去形および過去分詞形 massified)

1. (transitive かつ intransitive, anthropology) To become, or cause to become, oriented toward mass production, mass consumption, and high throughput rather than individuality.
2. (transitive, linguistics, まれに) To use as a mass noun.
   • 1992, James F. Allen and Lenhart K. Schubert, “Language and Discourse in the TRAINS Project”, in Andrew Ortony, John Slack, and Oliviero Stock (editors), Communication From an Artificial Intelligence Perspective: Theoretical and Applied Issues, NATO ASI Series F: Computer and Systems Sciences, Volume 100, Springer, ISBN 3540558810, page 104,

     Under deviant vocabulary we include “verbing” of nouns (He tricycled away), and perhaps “massifying” of count nouns and “countifying” of mass nouns. (Note that the preceding sentence itself contains instances of deviant vocabulary in scare quotes.) “Massifying” and “countifying” are illustrated respectively by A year ago they started digging the hole for his house; A year later, there's still more hole than house; and ^[sic] How many orange juice ^[sic] will that give us?.

派生語

• massification
• massifier

参考

• countify