Suffixes

  1. -ac,-ic,-ite, -oid, ot-
    • general function (noun forming)
    • (maniac, critic, dynamite, anthropoid, idiot)
  2. -ics, -is, -ism, -y
    • abstract function (noun forming)
    • (politics, crisis, socialism, harmony)
  3. -ist
    • agent function (noun forming)
    • (cyclist)
  4. -ac, -ic, -oid
    • adjective forming "resembling to"
    • (cardiac, poetic, asteroid)
  5. -ize
    • verb forming
    • (agonize)
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Suffixes
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