polysynthetic in English

adjective
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denoting or relating to a language characterized by complex words consisting of several morphemes, in which a single word may function as a whole sentence. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic.
As Geoff points out, the Inuit's polysynthetic language puts them in a strong position to make up descriptive words like this.
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1. 2 synonyms for Agglutinative: polysynthetic, agglutinate

2. 2 synonyms for Agglutinative: polysynthetic, agglutinate

3. Like the other Algonquian languages, Blackfoot is typologically polysynthetic

4. Agglutinative, or polysynthetic; A language with many is probably Agglutinative or polysynthetic (since fusional morphemes may contain multiple bits of grammatical information)

5. Cherokee is a polysynthetic language and uses a unique syllabary writing system.

6. Aleut is a highly polysynthetic agglutinative language, using long words with many suffixes

7. Thin section: Cummingtonite is differentiated by its inclined extinction, higher birefringence, high relief, and prevalance of fine polysynthetic twinning

8. French-origin noun phrases retain lexical gender and adjective agreement; Cree-origin verbs retain much of their polysynthetic structure.

9. (adjective) In view of the many evidences of the linguistic character of Sumerian as opposed to the one fact that the language had engrafted upon it a great number of evident Semitisms, the opinion of the present writer is that the Sumerian, as we have it, is fundamentally an Agglutinative, almost polysynthetic, language, upon which a more