formative element
nounGrammar.
a morpheme that serves as an affix, not as a base, or root, in word formation.
any noninflectional morpheme, whether base or affix.
Origin of formative element
1First recorded in 1870–75
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How to use formative element in a sentence
There remains still one highly important thing to be considered as a formative element of the Japanese spirit.
The Japanese Spirit | Yoshisaburo OkakuraIt is the formative element in the karma as it has taken shape in bodily existence.
The Gospel of Buddha | Paul CarusHumanism again comes forward as an important literary formative element.
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