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opacity
Obscurity, as when the relationship between a derived word and its stem is not obvious, particularly in a semantic sense.

Example:
Semantically transparent derivation (stem-derived word): happy - happiness
Semantically opaque derivation (stem-derived word): casual-casualty

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Topics: Spoken word recognition, General linguistic terms