polysynthesism

[ pol-i-sin-thuh-siz-uhm ]

noun
  1. the synthesis of various elements.

  2. the combining of several words of a sentence into one word.

Origin of polysynthesism

1
First recorded in 1880–85; poly- + synthes(is) + -ism

Words Nearby polysynthesism

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