Nominalization

Nominalization is briefly making nouns or noun phrases by adding affixes to words. This conversion is mostly from a verb or an adjective into a noun. In some cases, the original word's morpheme is preserved, however, in most cases there is a morphological change during the conversion.

Also See:

Phoneme and Morpheme

Here is a list of common noun-forming suffixes

Suffix	Examples
-age -an -ance -tion / ion -cy -dom -er / ar / or -hood -ist -ism -ity -ment -ness -ship -y	mile / mileage Africa / African neglect / negligence invite / invitation deficient / deficiency free / freedom visit / visitor brother / brotherhood active / activist active / activism able / ability abolish / abolishment mad / madness citizen / citizenship honest / honesty

Note:

It can also be used to form noun phrases from clauses.

For example:

Because people hunt tigers in large numbers they are facing the risk of extinction.
Because of people’s hunting tigers in large numbers they are facing the risk of extinction.

Note:

As nominalization helps you avoid repetition, it makes the text more concise thereby making your writing more abstract and more formal.

For example:

House prices are rising rapidly. As a result, first time buyers are having difficulty buying a house.

Due to the rapid increase in house prices, first time buyers are having difficulty buying a house.

The second sentence contains a nominalized expression.

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