HOLOPHRASIS Definition & Meaning

holophrasis

[ huh-lof-ruh-sis ]

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noun

plural holophrases

the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis:
a language characterized by holophrasis.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of holophrasis¹

1865–70; holo- + Greek ��á��; phrase

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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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