Meaning of monosyllabicity | Babel Free

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The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.

uncountable

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Examples

“The monosyllabicity of Chinese morphemes and units of writing has certain advantages in the use of operational synonyms of symbols under varying conditions of use.”

“He was attractive, in a sinister yet compelling way, but taciturn to the point of monosyllabicity.”

“It has often been claimed that linguistic evolution leads toward monosyllabicity and that an artificial international language should therefore contain no disyllabic words.”

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