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holophrasis

Syllabification: (ho·loph·ra·sis)
Pronunciation: /həˈläfrəsis/

Definition of holophrasis

noun

  • the expression of a whole phrase in a single word, for example howdy for how do you do.
  • the learning of linguistic elements as whole chunks by very young children acquiring their first language, for example it’s all gone learned as allgone.

Derivatives

holophrase


noun

holophrastic


adjective

holophrasis in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of holophrasis in the British & World English dictionary