formatage

== French == === Etymology === From formater +‎ -age. === Pronunciation === === Noun === formatage m (plural formatages) (computing) the act of formatting (derogatory) the act of restraining someone in a certain fixed way/manner of thought/thinking (cf. set in one's ways) === Further reading === “formatage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012