fossilization

English Thesaurus

1. becoming inflexible or out of date (noun.act)

hypernym	:	passage, transition,
definition	:	the act of passing from one state or place to the next (noun.act)

2. the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone (noun.process)

hypernym	:	action, activity, natural action, natural process,
definition	:	a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) (noun.process)

hyponym	:	petrifaction, petrification,
definition	:	the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape (noun.process)

3. becoming inflexible or out of date (noun.act)

derivation	:	fossilise, fossilize,
definition	:	become mentally inflexible (verb.change)

4. the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone (noun.process)

derivation	:	fossilise, fossilize,
definition	:	convert to a fossil (verb.change)

5. becoming inflexible or out of date (noun.act)

derivation	:	fossilise, fossilize,
definition	:	become mentally inflexible (verb.change)

6. the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone (noun.process)

derivation	:	fossilise, fossilize,
definition	:	convert to a fossil (verb.change)