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holophrasis

American

[huh-lof-ruh-sis] / həˈlɒf rə sɪs /

noun

the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis.

a language characterized by holophrasis.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

holophrases

plural

Etymology

Origin of holophrasis

1865–70; holo- + Greek phrásis; see phrase

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