Polysynthesis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polysynthesis \Pol`y*syn"the*sis\, n. [Poly- + synthesis.]
     1. The act or process of combining many separate elements
        into a whole.
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     2. (Philol.) The formation of a word by the combination of


        several simple words, as in the aboriginal languages of
        America; agglutination. --Latham.
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