💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Backformation"
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| Word | Definition |
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| back formationnoun | Alternative form of back-formation. [(uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.] |
| word-formationnoun | Alternative form of word formation. [(linguistics) The formation of new words by the processes of derivation and composition.] |
| backtranslationnoun | Alternative spelling of back-translation. [(translation studies, uncountable) The process of translating a previously translated document back into the original language.] |
| bacronymnoun | Alternative spelling of backronym. [A word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it, sometimes as a folk etymology, sometimes as a contrived acronym to name a new organization, proposal, or other entity.] |
| anagrammatisationnoun | Non-Oxford British spelling of anagrammatization. |
| diminutivisationnoun | Alternative form of diminutivization. [(linguistics) the process of turning a word into its diminutive form] |
| pseudoanglicismnoun | Alternative form of pseudo-anglicism. [(linguistics) A word in a language other than English that has an English appearance but does not exist in English itself.] |
| by-formnoun | Alternative form of byform. [An alternative tangential, subordinate, or secondary variant form of a word or morpheme.] |
| base formnoun | Alternative form of basic form (“the uninflected form of a word used as a dictionary entry”). [The uninflected form of a word used as a dictionary entry.] |
| anteriorisationnoun | Alternative form of anteriorization. [The process of anteriorizing.] |
| bureaucratisationnoun | Alternative spelling of bureaucratization. [The formation of, or the conversion of something into, a bureaucracy.] |
| posteriorisationnoun | Alternative form of posteriorization. [(biology) The acquisition of posterior values, especially the formation of the forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain and spinal cord from the anterior neural plate] |
| colloquialisationnoun | Alternative spelling of colloquialization. [The process or result of making colloquial.] |
| semantisationnoun | Alternative form of semantization. [Conversion to semantic form] |
| anglicisationnoun | The process by which something or someone (usually a word) is made more English. Usually applied to language or culture. |
| pseudo-anglicismnoun | (linguistics) A word in a language other than English that has an English appearance but does not exist in English itself. |
| jargonisationnoun | Alternative form of jargonization. [The incorporation of jargon into a text or language.] |
| back-engineeringnoun | Alternative form of back engineering. [Synonym of reverse engineering.] |
| proformnoun | Alternative spelling of pro-form. [(grammar) A word that substitutes for words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, whose meaning is recoverable in context.] |
| inferiorisationnoun | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of inferiorization. [The process of inferiorizing.] |
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