(ˌpɒlɪsɪnˈθɛtɪk) or polysynthetical (ˌpɒlɪsɪnˈθɛtɪkəl)
adjectivedenoting languages, such as Inuktitut, in which single words may express the meaning of whole phrases or clauses by virtue of multiple affixes
Compare synthetic (sense 3), analytic (sense 3), agglutinative (sense 2) Derived forms
polysynthesis (ˌpɒlɪˈsɪnθɪsɪs) noun
polysynthesism (ˌpolyˈsynthesism) or rare polysynthetism (ˌpolyˈsynthetism) noun
polysynthetically (ˌpolysynˈthetically) adverb