Usually means: Creation of new lexical units.
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  1. word-formation: Merriam-Webster
  2. word formation: Collins English Dictionary
  3. word-formation, word formation: Wiktionary
  4. Word-formation, Word formation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Word formation: World Wide Words

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  1. Word formation: Lexicon of Linguistics

Definitions from Wiktionary (word formation)

noun:  (linguistics) The formation of new words by the processes of derivation and composition.

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