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holophrasis
[ huh-lof-ruh-sis ]
noun
plural holophrases [h, uh, -, lof, -r, uh, -seez].
- the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis:
a language characterized by holophrasis.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of holophrasis1
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Example Sentences
Both the above characteristics, I mean Polysynthesis and Incorporation, are unconscious efforts to carry out a certain theory of speech which has aptly enough been termed holophrasis, or the putting the whole of a phrase into a single word.
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