Fallacy of Division= Whole= Parts: This fallacy assumes that something that is true as whole is true of the parts. Fallacy of Composition Parts= Whole: This fallacy assumes that something that is true of the part is also true for the whole. These are illustrated in the video below.
An infix is an affix inserted inside a word stem. It contrasts with adfix, a rare term for an affix attached to the outside of a stem, such as a prefix or suffix. When marking text for interlinear glossing, most affixes are separated with a hyphen, but infixes are separated with angle brackets .
infix (third-person singular simple present infixes, present participle infixing, simple past and past participle infixed) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in. to infix a sting, spear, or dart (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?) Dryden The fatal dart a ready passage found, / And deep within her heart infixed the wound. To instill. (transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word. Noun . infix (plural infixes) ( 1 linguistics) A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English. ( 2 linguistics, proscribed) A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English.