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polysynthesis

noun
/ˌpɒliˈsɪnθəsɪs/

Etymology

From poly- + synthesis.

  1. derived from σύνθεσις
  2. derived from synthesis
  3. prefixed as polysynthesis — “poly + synthesis”

Definitions

  1. The act or process of combining many separate elements into a whole.

  2. The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words

    The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words; agglutination.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for polysynthesis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA