• Holophrastic

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    • Rhymes: -æstɪk

    Full definition of holophrastic

    Adjective

    holophrastic

    1. (linguistics, of a sentence) Consisting of a single word, such as "Go." or "Whatever."
    2. (linguistics) Pertaining to the stage of development where a child produces simple one-word utterances.

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