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polysynthesis|pɒlɪˈsɪnθɪsɪs|
[f. poly- + synthesis.]
Synthesis or composition of many elements; complex or multiple synthesis; spec. in Philol. the combination of several words of a sentence in one word: = incorporation 1 b, encapsulation.
1869Farrar Fam. Speech iv. (1873) 130 Polysynthesis is the synthesis of many words into one.
Hence polyˈsynthesism = polysynthetism.
1881R. Brown Language 21 Others see in polysynthesism a survival of the universal early state of languages. |