derivation - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin

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• derivation

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• act
• deed
• human action
• human activity

Noun

drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation

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• derivation

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• drawing
• drawing off

Noun

drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body

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• derivation

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• drawing
• drawing off

Noun

inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

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• ancestry
• derivation
• filiation
• lineage

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• hereditary pattern
• inheritance

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• bloodline
• descent
• extraction
• origin
• pedigree

Noun

a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions

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• derivation

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• illation
• inference

Noun

(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

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• derivation
• deriving
• etymologizing

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• account
• explanation

Noun

the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)

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• derivation

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• beginning
• origin
• root
• rootage
• source

Noun

(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation

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• derivation

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• linguistic process

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• eponymy

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