affixation

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Noun	1.	affixation - the result of adding an affix to a root wordsound structure, syllable structure, word structure, morphology - the admissible arrangement of sounds in words
	2.	affixation - formation of a word by means of an affixformation - creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"prefixation - formation of a word by means of a prefixsuffixation - formation of a word by means of a suffix
	3.	affixation - the act of attaching or affixing somethingattachmentcompounding, combining, combination - the act of combining things to form a new wholegrafting, graft - the act of grafting something onto something else