What is "nominalize"

Nominalize \Nom"i*nal*ize\, v. t. (Grammar, Linguistics) To convert into a noun; as, a nominalized sentence; a nominalized adjective or verb.

Note: In a sentence of the form: ``That Kennedy would have been a great president if he had not been assassinated is one of the enduring myths of the Camelot conceit.`` the sentence ``Kennedy would have been a great president if he had not been assassinated'' has been nominalized by the introductory ``that''.

vb. 1 (context linguistics English) To change into a noun, usually by affixing a morpheme. 2 (context philosophy English) To make nominalistic.