Dictionary  par•a•syn•the•sisPronunciation: (par"u-sin'thu-sis), [key] —n. Gram. 1. the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed. 2. the formation of a word by the addition of both a prefix and a derivational suffix to a word or stem, as demoralize. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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