holophrasis

[ huh-lof-ruh-sis ]

noun

, plural ho·loph·ra·ses [h, uh, -, lof, -r, uh, -seez].

1. the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis:

   a language characterized by holophrasis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of holophrasis¹

1865–70; holo- + Greek phrásis; phrase

Example Sentences

Both the above characteristics, I mean Polysynthesis and Incorporation, are unconscious efforts to carry out a certain theory of speech which has aptly enough been termed holophrasis, or the putting the whole of a phrase into a single word.

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