concretization

  1. Noun.  The process of concretizing a general principle or idea by delineating, particularizing, or exemplifying it.
  2. Noun.  Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea.
  3. Noun.  (medicine, psychology) An inability to generalize or abstract accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or cognition by children.

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