Holophrastic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Polysynthetic.
  • adj. Of or relating to the stage of child language development characterized by the use of single-word utterances.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Consisting of a single word, such as "Go." or "Whatever."
  • adj. Pertaining to the stage of development where a child produces simple one-word utterances.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the force of a whole phrase, as a word or gesture; expressive of a sentence, or of a highly complex idea.
    • Word Usage
    "According to Merriam-Webster, the first definition of "holophrastic" is: using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    polysynthetic    agglutinative    concis   
     
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