Definition of "polysynthesis" []

• The act or process of combining many separate elements into a whole. (noun)
• The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words; agglutination. (noun)

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• "Even easier languages would be those which exhibit extreme polysynthesis, such as Cherokee, where an entire English sentence can often be expressed in a single word."
• "Timuquanan language, which "represents the acme of polysynthesis", a distinct linguistic stock."
• "Max Mueller goes further, and asserts that what is called the process of agglutination in the Turanian languages is the same as what has been named polysynthesis in America."