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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 - happinessSemantically opaque derivation (stem-derived word): casual-casualty
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Topics: Spoken word recognition, General linguistic terms