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Polysynthetic

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Adjective

1. agglutinative, polysynthetic

forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Polysynthetic

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adjective
denoting languages, such as Inuktitut, in which single words may express the meaning of whole phrases or clauses by virtue of multiple affixes
Compare synthetic (sense 3), analytic (sense 3), agglutinative (sense 2)

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Polysynthetic

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adj.
Of or relating to a language such as Eskimo or Mohawk, characterized by long, morphologically complex words with a large number of affixes that express syntactic relationships and meanings usually expressed as phrases or sentences in other languages.

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