Word: postformal
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: post
for
mal
Definition: Following the formal operational stage (the last of Jean Piaget 's four stages of human cognitive development), and involving more complex forms of thinking such as self-reference, pragmatism and acceptance of paradoxes.
Morphemes:
Affix: post-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: after, later
Etymology Compounds: Affix: post
Language: la
Decoded: post
Meaning: after, behind
Affix: form
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: To do with structure or procedure.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: fōrma
Language: la
Decoded: forma
Meaning: shape, figure, image, outline, plan, mold, frame, case, etc., manner, sort, kind, etc.
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.