06288350-n 'a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it';
 
Chinese (simplified) 逆 构词 , 逆 成法 , 逆向 构词法 , 逆向构词法 , 逆成法 , 逆构词
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Japanese
よく知られた単語がそこから派生したという想定のもとで（普通接辞を削除することにより無意識に）創作された単語
English
a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
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Hypernym: word
Semantic Field: communicationn
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