polysynthesis
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]polysynthesis (countable and uncountable, plural polysyntheses)
- The act or process of combining many separate elements into a whole.
- (linguistics) The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words; agglutination.
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[edit]References
[edit]- “polysynthesis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.