passivization
Meaning
The process of rendering into the passive form.
Examples
In contrast, it is difficult for a movement theory to selectively apply to some verbs and not all. The consequence for that approach has been to complicate the syntax of verbs which cannot passivize: It is proposed that they have a more complex syntax that doesn’t allow passivization.
Word Forms
passivizations
passivisation
Etymology
From passive + -ization.