polysynthesis

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Pronunciation

• enPR: pŏlēsĭn'thəsĭs, IPA: /ˌpɒliˈsɪnθəsɪs/

Noun

polysynthesis

1. The act or process of combining many separate elements into a whole.
2. (linguistics) The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words; agglutination.

Related terms

• polysynthetic
• polysynthetically

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