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decompositional

Adjective CEFR C2
[diːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃənəɫ]

Definitions

Of or pertaining to decomposition.

not-comparable

Examples

“To begin⟳ with, Reynolds’ decompositional strategy invoking sub-skills such as various visual recognitional capacities (as in Marr’s theory of vision) seems to be an appeal to the so-called ‘unconscious’ processes that lead⟳ up to experience⟳ and eventually to belief.”
“The Manelis and Tharp ( 1977 ) investigation failed to find⟳ a difference between affixed and nonaffixed words in either direction, a result⟳ that favored the independent entries hypothesis over either version of the decompositional hypothesis.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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