holophrasis

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Etymology[edit]

From English holo- and Latin phrasis or Greek φράσις (phrásis).

Noun[edit]

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holophrasis (countable and uncountable, plural holophrases)

  1. (linguistics) The use of a single word to convey a complex idea.