monophrasis
nounEtymology From mono- + Latin phrasis.
1
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Usually Any word carrying a complete sense by itself; not a polylectic term.
2
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Usually A univerbation; a polylectic term merger.
3
Figuratively, Usually A laconic response.
- Synonyms
- monolexis, monolexia, single-wordness, univerbation, word-amalgamation, laconism
- Related terms
- monophrastic