Associations to the word «Fossilization»

Wiktionary

FOSSILIZATION, noun. The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
FOSSILIZATION, noun. (figuratively) The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date.

Dictionary definition

FOSSILIZATION, noun. The process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone.
FOSSILIZATION, noun. Becoming inflexible or out of date.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca