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postformative

The English word “postformative” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A formative element at the end.

adjective

  1. Forming or affecting something that comes before.
  2. Occurring after the formation (chiefly written post-formative, said in Islamic studies of the period following the Golden Age of Islam 786–861 CE).

Etymology

From post- (prefix meaning ‘after’) + formative, modelled after preformative.

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