Nominalization

A Meta Model pattern in which a process word (verb) has been transformed into a noun, creating a static, thing-like representation of what is actually an ongoing dynamic process. Examples include 'relationship' (from 'relating'), 'education' (from 'educating'), and 'communication' (from 'communicating'). Nominalizations are problematic because they imply fixity and remove the person's agency. The Meta Model recovers the process by turning the nominalization back into a verb: 'How would you like to be relating differently?'