unhyphenatedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈhʌɪfᵻneɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈhaɪfəˌneɪdᵻd/ 1. Not joined by a hyphen; not written with a hyphen.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [adjective] > compound > specific types of compound or compounding
augmentative1641
polysynthetic1816
bahuvrihi1846
polysynthetical1846
agglutinating1847
agglutinative1847
agglomerative1854
parasynthetic1862
endocentric1933
unhyphenated1934
1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1960 Amer. Speech 35 215 The authors seem to be unsure whether some forms occur as nicknames or as generic epithets... Some unhyphenated terms comprising two words have only the first capitalized.
1980 Washington Post 25 Apr. (Weekend section) 4 [Noel Hume's]..double barreled name goes unhyphenated because such things are regulated by law as well as custom in his native Britain.
2. Not employing a hyphenated term (such as French-Canadian) in describing one's political or cultural allegiance. Of such allegiance, etc.: not divided. Cf. hyphenated adj. 2. North American.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > [adjective]
patriotical1648
patriot1649
nationalc1686
patriotly1691
patriotic1737
unhyphenated1970
the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > united into a whole > not divided, separated, or split > not divided between different objects
undivided1746
unhyphenated1970
1970 L. B. Pearson Words & Occasions 229 I am a Canadian who speaks English. There are millions [of others] who speak French... Others..have an ancestral language which they use. But we are all, or should be, Canadians—and unhyphenated with pride in our nation and its citizenship.
1973 Sat. Night (Toronto) Oct. 17/2 Many Canadians..were interpreting his One Canada to be on a par with the call for unhyphenated Canadianism.
1981 Washington Post 30 Jan. a15 Unhyphenated Democrats, at least those brave enough to acknowledge their political heritage, have a brand-new patron saint.
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adj.1934