noncompositionality

A form of non-compositionality — The quality of being non-compositional

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Meanings

nounnoncompositionality (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountablehuman sciencesAlternative form of non-compositionality.

    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.

    2018, John McWhorter, The Creole Debate, Cambridge, page 25

Origin

From noncompositional + -ity.

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noncompositionality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncompositionality

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“noncompositionality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncompositionality. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noncompositionality,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncompositionality.

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