poly synthetic

pol·y·syn·thet·ic

[pol-ee-sin-thet-ik]
adjective
1.
(of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic ( def 3 ), synthetic ( def 3 ).
2.
of or pertaining to polysynthesism.
Also, pol·y·syn·thet·i·cal.


Origin:
1795–1805; < Late Greek polysýnthet(os) much compounded + -ic. See poly-, synthetic

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polysynthetic (ˌpɒlɪsɪnˈθɛtɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
synthetic analytic Compare agglutinative denoting languages, such as Inuktitut, in which single words may express the meaning of whole phrases or clauses by virtue of multiple affixes
 
polysynthesis
 
n
 
poly'synthesism
 
n
 
polysyn'thetically
 
adv

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