Noncompositionality

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of non-compositionality. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "However, no morphologist would argue that there is not a difference in degree of noncompositionality between that of goal kick and that of the hopelessly unparseable understand."

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"However, no morphologist would argue that there is not a difference in degree of noncompositionality between that of goal kick and that of the hopelessly unparseable understand."

Etymology

From noncompositional + -ity.

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