concretization

noun concretizations · concretisation

1. uncountable The process of concretizing a general principle or idea by delineating, particularizing, or exemplifying it. There are certain fields in general economics that are at present not so much in need of a broadening of the theoretical basis as in need of a minute working-out and concretization.
2. countable Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea. This movement gave Sherman his first image—a roller skate—a concretization of pure motion.
3. uncountable An inability to generalize or perform abstraction accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or in cognition by children. Another [patient] commented on the fact that the consultant had referred to two of them as "boys" in the demonstration. The concretization of a schizophrenic is exemplified here. One man thought this word meant that the consultant, in order "to keep things on the level of boy-girl, wanted everyone e