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monosyllabism

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[mon-uh-sil-uh-biz-uhm] / ˌmɒn əˈsɪl əˌbɪz əm /

noun

  1. monosyllabic character.

  2. the use of monosyllables.

Etymology

Origin of monosyllabism

1795–1805; < Late Latin monosyllab ( on ) monosyllable + -ism

Example Sentences

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You can check in in a way that foregrounds your concern about their unusual monosyllabism, because you don’t yet know if there’s something particularly serious underlying this recent absence.

From Slate • May 30, 2020

Philologists frequently blame their own ignorance and impotence, if they do not always succeed in reducing plurisyllabism to monosyllabism, and they trust in the future.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

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