• Polysynthesis

    Origin

    - + synthesis

    Full definition of polysynthesis

    Noun

    polysynthesis

    (countable and uncountable; plural polysynthesiss)
    1. The act or process of combining many separate elements into a whole.
    2. (linguistics) The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words; agglutination.
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