Meaning Of The Word Polysynthetic

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What's The Definition Of Polysynthetic?

polysynthetic in American English
adjective: characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many Native American languages are polysynthetic

polysynthetic in British English
adjective: denoting languages, such as Inuktitut, in which single words may express the meaning of whole phrases or clauses by virtue of multiple affixes

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