Associations to the word «Affixation»

Wiktionary

AFFIXATION, noun. The adding of an affix to a word.

Dictionary definition

AFFIXATION, noun. The result of adding an affix to a root word.
AFFIXATION, noun. Formation of a word by means of an affix.
AFFIXATION, noun. The act of attaching or affixing something.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky