Back-Formation
nounid
20011·updated May 18, 2026verified
a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
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Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Back-Formations
- possessive
- Back-Formation's
- pluralpossessive
- Back-Formations'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
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