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pol|y|syn|the|sis
pol|y|syn|the|sis «POL ee SIHN thuh sihs», noun, plural -ses «-seez».
1. the synthesis of many elements.
2. the combination of several words of a sentence into one word, such as in the languages of the North American Indians. In the North American Indian language, Oneida, g-nagla'-sl-i-zak-s, means “I search for a village.”

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