Usually means: Adding suffix to form words.
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  1. suffixation: Merriam-Webster
  2. suffixation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. suffixation: Collins English Dictionary
  4. suffixation: Vocabulary.com
  5. suffixation: Wiktionary
  6. suffixation: Dictionary.com
  7. suffixation: Rhymezone
  8. suffixation: FreeDictionary.org
  9. suffixation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. suffixation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. suffixation: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (suffixation)

▸ noun:  The process of adding a suffix to a word.

Similar:
suffixion, subjunctivization, adjection, adjectivization, substantivisation, appendment, syllabication, addition, dictionarization, annexment, more...

Opposite:
prefixation, preposing, prepositioning

Types:
-ness, -ful, -less, -able, -ment, -tion, -ity, -ize, -ly, more...

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Similar:
suffixion, subjunctivization, adjection, adjectivization, substantivisation, appendment, syllabication, addition, dictionarization, annexment, more...

Opposite:
prefixation, preposing, prepositioning

Types:
-ness, -ful, -less, -able, -ment, -tion, -ity, -ize, -ly, more...



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