noncompositionality

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From noncompositional +‎ -ity.

Noun[edit]

noncompositionality (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly linguistics) Alternative form of non-compositionality.
    • 2018, John McWhorter, The Creole Debate, Cambridge, page 25:
      However, no morphologist would argue that there is not a difference in degree of noncompositionality between that of goal kick and that of the hopelessly unparseable understand.
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