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agglutination

/æɡˌɡluːtɪˈneɪʃən/ noun · British & US
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What does agglutination mean?

noun

The process of forming a word by adding prefixes and suffixes to a root word, often resulting in a complex word structure. In linguistics, it is a type of word formation process.

Example

"The agglutination of words in the Inuktitut language is a notable feature of its grammar."

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