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/pol'i sin"theuh siz'euhm/, n.1. the synthesis of various elements.2. the combining of several words of a sentence into one word.[1880-85; POLY- + SYNTHES(IS) + -ISM]
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polysynthesism — poly·syn·the·sism … English syllables
polysynthesism — /pɒliˈsɪnθəsɪzəm/ (say polee sinthuhsizuhm) noun 1. the synthesis of various elements. 2. the combining of several words in a sentence into a single word …
polysynthesism — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun ( s) Etymology: polysynthesis + ism : the uniting of many parts into one : a high degree of synthesis; specifically : a grammatical practice of some languages (as American Indian) of combining word elements into a single word that … Useful english dictionary
polysynthetic — /pol ee sin thet ik/, adj. 1. (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Cf.… … Universalium
polysynthetic — adjective a) said of a language, characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound (i.e., they cannot stand alone as independent words). An example of a polysynthetic … Wiktionary
polysynthesis — |pälē, lə̇+ noun Etymology: New Latin, poly + synthesis : the synthesis of several elements; specifically : polysynthesism … Useful english dictionary
polysynthetism — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˈsin(t)thəˌtizəm noun ( s) Etymology: polysynthetic + ism : polysynthesism * * * polysynthetˈicism / i sizm/ or polysynˈthetism noun The character of being polysynthetic • • • … Useful english dictionary
