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noun
- (context, uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) of an older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as a suffix forming an agent noun) from burglar.
- (context, countable) A word created in this way.
Translations: (trans-top, linguistic process)
(trans-mid)
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, word formed by this linguistic process)
(trans-mid)
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