Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
holophrasm . Seeholophrasis .
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Examples
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Possibly he does not differentiate sufficiently between the rude language of the holophrase and the much later growth of formed and grammatical speech.
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Possibly he does not differentiate sufficiently between the rude language of the holophrase and the much later growth of formed and grammatical speech.
Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Edward Carpenter 1886
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America, vol. ii, pp. 115 sq., where the beginning of self-consciousness is associated with the break-up of the holophrase.
Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Edward Carpenter 1886
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