postposition

post·po·si·tion  (pstp-zshn)

n.

1. The placing of a word or suffixed element after the word to which it is grammatically related.

2. A word or element placed postpositionally, as a preposition placed after its object. For example, in the phrase these facts notwithstanding, notwithstanding is a postposition.

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postpo·sition·al adj.

postpo·sition·al·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

postposition - (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached) linguistics - the scientific study of language position, place - an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"